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Name 3 things you own or use that were invented (even at conceptual level) by a child.

sargstuff 4y ago
[1] has more researched 10 list. https://inventionland.com/blog/ten-kid-inventors-that-changed-our-lives/ https://inventionland.com/blog/ten-kid-inventors-that-change...
- somethingreen 4y ago
  The fact that one needs to google the list and even then may still fail to answer is kind of the point. The struggle to give an answer is the actual answer. This myth that children's ideas are somehow more valuable that adult's is nonsense. If this was true, businesses would organize and act on it. Parents would be hired to bring children into brainstorming sessions. Filled idea diaries would be sold and bought in bulk. Sponsored kindergarten and school networks would be established to gain access. Children hackathons with prizes would be held every day of the week. Video games would be designed to siphon ideas. None of this happens. Because the reality is: children are great, their ideas are useless, most beautiful genius things in your life weren't invented and designed by a child or a nameless enlightened being in a tropical bungalow, but by a perfectly boring adult at their desk in their work time.
  - sargstuff 4y ago
    somethinggreen wrote: "... This myth that children's ideas are somehow more valuable that adult's is nonsense. ..." And who best motiates the parents to do something / spend $$ / go in a given direction? aka commercial supplying context(s) of idea(s) to child somethinggreen wrote: "... Because the reality is: children are great, their ideas are useless, ..." Only until that child understands what context to put that idea(s) in to make the idea(s) usable and/or what to do / to learn to be able to use the idea in context. Adults just have a larger context node pool to draw from.
acuozzo 4y ago
If you're willing to accept innovations in place of inventions and if you're willing to consider the central message of OP's post i.e. needing a childlike sense of wonder, then... 1. "Mum, when I grow up I am going to invent a telephone with no wires that's also a flashlight, a compass, a map, a jukebox, a movie theater, and even an ENTIRE computer!" 2. "Dad, when I grow up I am going to invent a table saw that will JUST KNOW when it touches your finger and it will disappear so fast that you'll only get a little cut next time!" 3. "Sis, when I grow up I am going to figure out some way to make it possible for even six year olds like you to have their own TV channel and put whatever you want on it! You can show everyone your toys and dresses. We can call it Roxanne-TV!"
- sargstuff 4y ago
  well, era of antibiotics was started with the curiosity about empty space in a petri dish. both telephone and rubber tire vulcanization process were because of an unintended oops mistake while exploring / trying make sense of world. adults tend to have wider interaction with world than kids, but kids dont have the baggage of years of preconceived notions/rules of adult experiences.
tchaffee 4y ago
The many fictional worlds of my nephew. I use them for entertainment and they are an excellent fit.

[1] has more researched 10 list. https://inventionland.com/blog/ten-kid-inventors-that-changed-our-lives/ https://inventionland.com/blog/ten-kid-inventors-that-change...

somethingreen 4y ago
The fact that one needs to google the list and even then may still fail to answer is kind of the point. The struggle to give an answer is the actual answer. This myth that children's ideas are somehow more valuable that adult's is nonsense. If this was true, businesses would organize and act on it. Parents would be hired to bring children into brainstorming sessions. Filled idea diaries would be sold and bought in bulk. Sponsored kindergarten and school networks would be established to gain access. Children hackathons with prizes would be held every day of the week. Video games would be designed to siphon ideas. None of this happens. Because the reality is: children are great, their ideas are useless, most beautiful genius things in your life weren't invented and designed by a child or a nameless enlightened being in a tropical bungalow, but by a perfectly boring adult at their desk in their work time.
- sargstuff 4y ago
  somethinggreen wrote: "... This myth that children's ideas are somehow more valuable that adult's is nonsense. ..." And who best motiates the parents to do something / spend $$ / go in a given direction? aka commercial supplying context(s) of idea(s) to child somethinggreen wrote: "... Because the reality is: children are great, their ideas are useless, ..." Only until that child understands what context to put that idea(s) in to make the idea(s) usable and/or what to do / to learn to be able to use the idea in context. Adults just have a larger context node pool to draw from.

acuozzo 4y ago

If you're willing to accept innovations in place of inventions and if you're willing to consider the central message of OP's post i.e. needing a childlike sense of wonder, then... 1. "Mum, when I grow up I am going to invent a telephone with no wires that's also a flashlight, a compass, a map, a jukebox, a movie theater, and even an ENTIRE computer!" 2. "Dad, when I grow up I am going to invent a table saw that will JUST KNOW when it touches your finger and it will disappear so fast that you'll only get a little cut next time!" 3. "Sis, when I grow up I am going to figure out some way to make it possible for even six year olds like you to have their own TV channel and put whatever you want on it! You can show everyone your toys and dresses. We can call it Roxanne-TV!"

sargstuff 4y ago
well, era of antibiotics was started with the curiosity about empty space in a petri dish. both telephone and rubber tire vulcanization process were because of an unintended oops mistake while exploring / trying make sense of world. adults tend to have wider interaction with world than kids, but kids dont have the baggage of years of preconceived notions/rules of adult experiences.

tchaffee 4y ago

The many fictional worlds of my nephew. I use them for entertainment and they are an excellent fit.