Inventors Who Didn't Invent What They Are Famous for Inventing(www.wsj.com)
20 pointsby fortran777 hours ago7 comments
  • musicale6 hours ago
    There is also a difference between invention and innovation (including successful commercialization.)

    Apple didn't invent GUI-based computers, MP3 players, smartphones, tablet PCs, smartwatches, wireless earphones, or ARM-based laptops. But the Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple watch, AirPods, and M1 MacBook Air were all category-defining products.

  • PaulShomo6 hours ago
    At a fundamental level, our society works by giving the corporate spokesperson credit for everything thought up or done in their organization. Really, credit for a whole lotta other claims too. CEOs and spokespeople are more brand avatars with megaphones, than actual people dealing in fact. Unfortunately this setup confuses hero worshippers.
    • BobbyTables2an hour ago
      I think it’s partly because they are psychopaths (once had a manager that got promoted on my hard work while holding me down) and partly deserving of a little credit for not killing every alternate idea that ran contrary to their own.

      Yeah, I don’t like either…

      • Rekindle8090an hour ago
        Sounds like a combination of projection and not reading the article
  • themafia6 hours ago
    Personally I think Gauss gets a little more credit than he strictly deserves.
  • blurbleblurble4 hours ago
    Elon Musk
  • theturtle6 hours ago
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