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Sustaining Innovation
Larry Paxton
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Historically, innovation has occurred over long timescales; the individuals impacted by the change, and markets disrupted by innovation, have had an opportunity to adapt. However, the pace of change has increased dramatically. The first agricultural revolution, the transition from hunting and gathering to a crop-based system, occurred during the Neolithic (around 10,000 bce) and took thousands of years to spread; the Arab Agricultural Revolution (8th to 13th centuries) that led to the diffusion of key crops and techniques took about 500 years; the British Agricultural ...
