The Shortest History of Innovation From the Wheel to Gene Editing, AI, and Beyond (The Shortest Hist

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Title: The Shortest History of Innovation From the Wheel to Gene Editing, AI, and Beyond (The Shortest History)
Author: Andrew Leigh
Category: Social Science, Business & Finance, Engineering
Language: English | 256 str. Pages | ISBN: 9798893031690


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From the bestselling author of How Economics Shape Our World, a brisk history of how innovation is cultivated and its influence on everything from art to AI
Scientists, economists, and historians are always looking into the past in order make informed decisions about how to improve our future. Though our modern-day innovations are often mind-boggling (gene editing and fabricated ecosystems come to mind), they would not exist without their predecessors-someone had to invent the wheel.
In The Shortest History of Innovation, bestselling author Andrew Leigh tells the story of human innovation by identifying three of its most essential driving forces: tinkering, teams, and trade. Unveiling the surprising linchpins behind the everyday innovations that we take for granted, Leigh takes a closer look at the myriad ways ideas are developed, the forces that suppress them, and how they travel and evolve across borders and disciplines.
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