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Sellers, Marketers, Makers -- Innovation's Ancestry
“In many cases there are times when an invention is technologically possible –- and in which it may indeed appear necessary, as the telescope may have -- but without a market the idea will not sell, and in the absence of the technical and social infrastructure to support it, the invention will not survive.” James Burke, Connections (1978) This essay can be found on the jgcii substack here: Sellers, Marketers, Makers: Innovation's Ancestry
May 281 min read


Empathy: Leadership Strength
“Who is the living food for the machines…- ? Who lubricates the machine joints with their own blood - ? Who feeds the machines with their own flesh - ? Let the machines starve, you fools - ! Let them die - ! Kill them - the machines - !” (Metropolis, 1927) This essay can be found on Substack here: Empathy as Strength - by John Chambers
May 71 min read