This was more a snarky remark aimed at those "how X stole from Y" narratives, not a serious criticism. (Progress is always a combination of ideas floating arou

This was more a snarky remark aimed at those "how X stole from Y" narratives, not a serious criticism. (Progress is always a combination of ideas floating around and brilliant people who sharpen these ideas and make them happen. And one of the ways to identify those people is listening to their ideas, which is in turn, why and how these ideas spread…)