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Creating seat belts is innovation. Creating regulation requiring cars to have them and passing laws that people have to use them is not innovative.
by extra88 9y ago
Creating seat belts is innovation. Creating regulation requiring cars to have them and passing laws that people have to use them is not innovative.
- saidajigumi 9y agoQuoth the parent to my post (emphasis mine): > Forcing people to use anything is never a good way to promote innovation. You're arguing against a straw man. This is about the promotion of innovation. Yes, seat belts were innovative, and left to their own course were going nowhere. Some innovations face adoption challenges that go beyond the mere "meh" of "non-consumption". They are major social battles, requiring large and multi-faceted campaigns to succeed and overcome social inertia. E.g. for seat belts: regulations on manufacturing, laws and law enforcement campaigns, public education and marketing, etc.
- extra88 9y agoI took "promote innovation" to mean "promote the creation of innovations" not "promote the adoption of innovations."