Chapter Two Idea Spaghetti
Having lots and lots of ideas increases the chance of having some really great ones.
Remember Thomas Edison, the dude mentioned in the last chapter who invented the first viable electric lighting system? Turns out he also invented a bunch of other stuff too. Oh yes, Tom was no slacker. Known as ‘the wizard of Menlo Park’ (an area near San Francisco that happens to be just a couple of miles from Google Inc.1), he was one of the most prolific inventors in history, with a cool 1,093 US patents to his name, not to mention a few in the UK, France and Germany. In addition to electric lighting (1879), he invented the phonograph ...
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