Generally speaking, innovation comes from unexpected discoveries, interdisciplinary thinking and massive amounts of failure. It's like tree roots randomly samp

Generally speaking, innovation comes from unexpected discoveries, interdisciplinary thinking and massive amounts of failure. It's like tree roots randomly sampling a surface until they find a crack to grow into. It's easy to trace innovative pathways with top down direction once they're already obvious, but the initial discovery is a random process enhanced by intellectual, economic, and social freedom to operate Source: I'm doing a postdoc on deep tech innovation policy.