As a counter example, consider the jerry can from WWII. It was easy to handle a single unit to refill a vehicle, and it was also easy to stack millions of them

As a counter example, consider the jerry can from WWII. It was easy to handle a single unit to refill a vehicle, and it was also easy to stack millions of them for shipping. Another example is the internet itself. You can have a local LAN of a few computers or a global network of billions. So I'd say that to some degree innovation is measured by how well something can scale both up and down, but of course that's not always the case.