He says 501 companies had the idea of the IC engine, all but 1 ( ie. Ford ) died. Ok. But its not the idea being overrated that killed 500 and kept 1 alive, c

He says 501 companies had the idea of the IC engine, all but 1 ( ie. Ford ) died. Ok. But its not the idea being overrated that killed 500 and kept 1 alive, cause they all had the same idea to begin with. What killed the rest was - competition, traction, capitalism, free markets, better execution, call it whatever. If the idea ie. IC engines, was overrated, you wouldn't get a car from the entire 501. What happened instead was - you got 501 car guys, & over time 500 car guys vanished and 1 car guy survived. That's what you'd expect anyways. So how does one go from that to dissing ideas themselves ?