> One step ahead is innovation, two steps ahead is a martyr. IMO people constantly mischaracterize progress as Great New Inventions By an Innovative Figure, wh

> One step ahead is innovation, two steps ahead is a martyr. IMO people constantly mischaracterize progress as Great New Inventions By an Innovative Figure, when it's almost always something people already tried (and failed at) years before, and the difference is luck or some surrounding context improves.