If the cover of The Economist is any indication of public sentiment – and it often is – many are speculating that innovation is dead. Two separate articles – “Has the ideas machine broken down?” and “The great innovation debate” – suggest doom and gloom. The cover “Will we ever invent anything useful again?” suggests the hope we placed on technology was misguided and that in fact, we have not produced anything as useful as a toilet in decades.
Peter Thiel, whom many would call an innovation expert (founder of PayPal, one of the earliest investors in Facebook, venture capitalist, and entrepreneur), dismissively says of this generation’s inventors: “We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters.”
To read the original article: Innovation Is Not Dead, Just Different - Forbes
