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Also, half his examples weren't done by any "U.S. generation". The automobile was invented by a German, and Penicillin was discovered by a Scot.
by ken 18y ago
Also, half his examples weren't done by any "U.S. generation". The automobile was invented by a German, and Penicillin was discovered by a Scot.
- palish 18y agoThe automobile was invented by a German, but it was popularized by Henry Ford. Also, consider that if that German hadn't invented the automobile, Ford still would have. i.e. Ford wasn't inspired by that German, because he was already working on an automobile. His autobiography is very good: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/hnfrd10.txt http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/hnfrd10.txt
- yummyfajitas 18y agoLesson for startup founders: your competition built the prototype first. Maybe you should still keep going forward, if you expect to have a solid competitive advantage?
- tom_rath 18y agoPerhaps more succinctly: The second mouse gets the cheese.
- time_management 18y agoThis reminds me of "America, Fuck Yeah" in Team America, wherein U.S. credit is taken for sushi, Christmas, and books.