Are militaries home to the greatest technical visionaries? The most talented engineers? Perhaps. But more importantly, they’re home to Really Big Problems That Need to Be Solved Right Now. Innovation is driven by incentives, which come in many forms. On one hand there’s “If I don’t figure this out I might get fired.” That will get your brain in gear. Then there’s “If I figure this out I might help people and make a lot of money.” That will produce creative sparks. Then there’s what militaries have dealt with: “If we don’t figure this out right now we’re all going to die and Adolf Hitler might
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