I think we tend to underestimate how much innovation (whether by academics, scientists, artists, a combination) is just people goofing around testing how far they can push a concept or a technology, just for kicks. Way more than the innovation that happens in business settings where people have consciously set out to “innovate”
Completely agree, most innovation does happen simply by curious people because innovation is a product of exploration. My take on business "innovation" fails due to the low level of risk tolerances. If there's no visible ROI, then it isn't 'worth' pursuing and the funds and time allocation isn't there. You might get some in the top 10 tech companies but otherwise innovation for the most part means installing and configuring new software.
The startup world has a little more innovation, however it is hard to pass up tech trends as we have seen with LLMs this past year and Blockchain 2020-early 2022.
I think we tend to underestimate how much innovation (whether by academics, scientists, artists, a combination) is just people goofing around testing how far they can push a concept or a technology, just for kicks. Way more than the innovation that happens in business settings where people have consciously set out to “innovate”
Completely agree, most innovation does happen simply by curious people because innovation is a product of exploration. My take on business "innovation" fails due to the low level of risk tolerances. If there's no visible ROI, then it isn't 'worth' pursuing and the funds and time allocation isn't there. You might get some in the top 10 tech companies but otherwise innovation for the most part means installing and configuring new software.
The startup world has a little more innovation, however it is hard to pass up tech trends as we have seen with LLMs this past year and Blockchain 2020-early 2022.
Spot on
So many great discoveries and resources here. Thanks for your work, Chris!
Of course, glad you can use these resources!