Pretty much everyone in the nineties dragged their CDs with them. Pretty much everyone had a beat-up leather case that lived in their car because it was too bulky for their bag. But pretty much nobody thought about it as a problem with a solution. Everyone just assumed it was part of life—if you wanted to listen to your music, you’d need to bring your CDs. The people who notice the problems around them—and then dream up solutions—are mostly inventors, startup founders, and kids. Young people look at the world and question it. They’re not worn down by doing the same stupid thing a thousand
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