Month: February 2011

  • Invention and Innovation: Atoms vs. Electrons vs. Ideas

    In the comments to a previous post there was some discussion of inventions that affect atoms (physical things) vs. electrons (information). I’d like to add: inventions that affect ideas — their development and dissemination. This thanks to this post by Matthew Yglesias (bold is mine; hat tip to my sis): …the Movable Type printing press…