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Originally Posted by JVN
I read a quote last fall which struck me:
At the time, I vehemently disagreed with this concept, but since then I've come to appreciate that there is a lot of truth in it. While of course I agree there is still some very novel ideation occurring in the world, the vast majority of the things we typically consider innovations are really just combinations of old ideas.
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The Gurney Flap is one of my favorite examples of this. Some auto racers thought they invented it in the 70s, but it turns out that it had been discovered in the early 1930s! Even if it's new to you, you probably aren't the first guy or gal to have that problem.