The real problem seems to be experience transfer. People reinvent because they don't even know what already exists. They run into the same problems because they

The real problem seems to be experience transfer. People reinvent because they don't even know what already exists. They run into the same problems because they don't know they've already been solved. They come up with a flawed solution because they don't know someone else already had the same idea, took their hits, and learned from it.