innovation

Age of Invention: Why wasn't the Steam Engine Invented Earlier? Part III
Anton Howesantonhowes.substack.com
Greatness Without Goals
joincolossus.comInnovators are usually synthesizers—they synthesize everything they know and add their own personal talents, and out comes something new.
Researchers Use Algae to Power a Computer for Months
smithsonianmag.comOne does not get a jet engine by improving the propeller. One does not breed horses until they give birth to a car. Telephones did not come from research on mail. Where on earth did the inspiration for the transistor and these other "leaps" of innovation come from to begin with?