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Adressing the Social side of Innovation
The Social side of Innovation seems to work against the innovator.
As a decedent of an inventor, the idea of innovation is as natural as my primary spoken language. The secret that will be foreign to me is "Create “transparent” technologies". I may have been looking at the wh*** issue wrongly but, as I see it, the primary issue for the reason the planet is in the shape it is now is simply Greed.
To make a technology "transparent" strips away the financial power the idea had and, to the people we need to get the attention of... most of it's value. "Necessity is the mother of invention" While this is a great way to get ideas going (and i thank Evoke for trying) it immediately makes some people see dollar signs. You'd have to have a REALLY Big heart and to be someone that truly wishes the best for Everything, everyone, every this, every that, every other to make something transparent as described in Exhibit A.
I've seen people with great ideas that never are given the chance to see the light of day, and ones that do make it are simply ignored because of the profit demands (example Nikola Tesla). Financial constraints stop the idea not only from being heard but also from even being said, (i.e. imagine explaining a compact florescent light bulb as 14 watts being comparable to a 60 watt incandescent to someone that uses candles)
The greed of "my idea" and the money it might make us is, sadly, useualyl the drivign force behind great innovation. Socialization of ideas, as I understand it, is turning "my idea" into "our idea" and to take it step further into "Global idea" and that's where the true saints of our world can be found.
With Evoke I hope we can all get over the "my idea" mentaility and actaully be able to change things for the better world wide.
As a decedent of an inventor, the idea of innovation is as natural as my primary spoken language. The secret that will be foreign to me is "Create “transparent” technologies". I may have been looking at the wh*** issue wrongly but, as I see it, the primary issue for the reason the planet is in the shape it is now is simply Greed.
To make a technology "transparent" strips away the financial power the idea had and, to the people we need to get the attention of... most of it's value. "Necessity is the mother of invention" While this is a great way to get ideas going (and i thank Evoke for trying) it immediately makes some people see dollar signs. You'd have to have a REALLY Big heart and to be someone that truly wishes the best for Everything, everyone, every this, every that, every other to make something transparent as described in Exhibit A.
I've seen people with great ideas that never are given the chance to see the light of day, and ones that do make it are simply ignored because of the profit demands (example Nikola Tesla). Financial constraints stop the idea not only from being heard but also from even being said, (i.e. imagine explaining a compact florescent light bulb as 14 watts being comparable to a 60 watt incandescent to someone that uses candles)
The greed of "my idea" and the money it might make us is, sadly, useualyl the drivign force behind great innovation. Socialization of ideas, as I understand it, is turning "my idea" into "our idea" and to take it step further into "Global idea" and that's where the true saints of our world can be found.
With Evoke I hope we can all get over the "my idea" mentaility and actaully be able to change things for the better world wide.
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Comment by Edwige Lelievre on April 18, 2010 at 7:59am
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Great post, thanks !
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Comment by Cecilia Rossiter on April 18, 2010 at 8:12am
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Insightful about your own self. (and all of us) I'm guessing you have noticed very something profound about money and I'm guessing that stories of tragic failure are mostly mythical and cannot really stop (the opposite of greed, or) abundant generosity. That's my guesses. Good work Skwiggs.
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Comment by A.V.Koshy on April 18, 2010 at 8:29am
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so true
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Comment by Julio Cesar Corona Ortega on April 18, 2010 at 3:23pm
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This is as true and realistic as it gets. And it is a sad state of affairs that, if you wish to make a positive change, you must first appeal to someone else's greed.
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Comment by Jean Frankly on April 18, 2010 at 4:10pm
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Good point. I think many people live a "dual" life. We work to support large corporations - and use our earnings to help finance social organizations and charities. However, we can promote positive social values (collaboration, empathy, sharing, honesty, etc.) in the day-to-day corporate world to help keep our companies and clients accountable to society.
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