innovation

One 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?

The idea in my head vs the first draft https://t.co/Y9s0q5SVup

Bill Gates on Microsoft's "hard-core detractors" December 4, 1993