Richard (Rick)

“If we think that innovation comes from a lone genius inventing a new technology from scratch, that model naturally steers us toward certain policy decisions, like stronger patent protection. But if we think that innovation comes out of collaborative networks, then we want to support different policies and organizational forms: less rigid patent laws, open standards, employee participation in stock plans, cross-disciplinary connections.”
― Steven Johnson, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations that Made the Modern World

“the more disorganized your brain is, the smarter you are.”
― Steven Johnson, Where Good Ideas Come From

“It is in the roots, not the branches, that a tree’s greatest strength lies.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“There was no lightbulb moment in the story of the lightbulb. By the time Edison flipped the switch at the Pearl Street station, a handful of other firms were already selling their own models of incandescent electric lamps.”
― Steven Johnson, How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World