EPILOGUE

Scaling Up and Out

WE NEED MORE INVENTIVE PEOPLE turning on more juice for the simple reason that there’s so much that needs to be invented and improved. The number of problems facing the world is mushrooming at the same time that massive amounts of new knowledge are being created that could serve the process of invention. Inventive people are fueled by their ability to redefine those problems and imagine ways to apply knowledge to the solution. Of course, new technology can’t solve all the world’s woes. Misapplied inventions make some problems worse. But as you’ve seen, an individual inventor can have a disproportionately positive impact. If we were able to tap the powers of a million new inventors of all types, we would have a fighting ...

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