CHAPTER 2
Pinpointing Problems
Since the advent of the cube, people all over the world have asked for help, saying that as I posed the puzzle, I must know the best solution. But this is a misunderstanding!
For me, it was more interesting to find the problem than to solve it, although, of course, I know that practice in solving problems helps us formulate new ones.
—ERNÖ RUBIK
INVENTORS ARE USUALLY THOUGHT of as people who are good at solving problems, but they should be thought of foremost as people who are good at finding problems. Inventors spend considerable effort hunting for a challenge that matches their own set of skills. Some inventors uncover a problem that no one else has seen. Others pick a solvable piece of a larger problem. Still ...
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