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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
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Classes of Impossible
For those who celebrate Chanukah, the miracle of the lights is a reflection, of tradition, survival and hope. It is a remembrance of Maccabean Jews and a civil war, a rededication of the temple, and an astounding observation of candlelight. The time is a reflection of history -- teaching and embracing, holding together a faith and way of life. I like to imagine the Jewish elders of two millennia ago, keepers of the temple, seeing the scant amount of pure oil, then making t
Dec 2, 20185 min read
