Comments on: Backwards Innovation http://www.ideaconnection.com/blog/2010/02/backwards-innovation/ Innovation, Inventions and Crowdsourcing Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kathleen Hall http://www.ideaconnection.com/blog/2010/02/backwards-innovation/#comment-2108 Kathleen Hall Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:15:58 +0000 http://www.ideaconnection.com/blog/?p=754#comment-2108 I guess this can also be true when it comes to medicine. Recently, modern medicine has been turning to natural herbs as means in producing new and effective medicine. Before that, I remember several people referring to other members of society as part of the "old people" for using these herbs I guess they changed their minds. I guess this can also be true when it comes to medicine. Recently, modern medicine has been turning to natural herbs as means in producing new and effective medicine. Before that, I remember several people referring to other members of society as part of the “old people” for using these herbs I guess they changed their minds.

]]> By: Bob Diamond http://www.ideaconnection.com/blog/2010/02/backwards-innovation/#comment-1886 Bob Diamond Sun, 22 May 2011 23:07:52 +0000 http://www.ideaconnection.com/blog/?p=754#comment-1886 I don't believe that the automobile per se, and the internal combustion engine in general, is a Backward Invention; just because it has been causing pollution and eating up our precious fossil fuels. The problem is EXCESS. We have failed to control world population. That is the root cause of Excess. More people, more cars, more fossil fuel needed, etc etc. We all have never learned to understand the meaning of Moderation; and we are all suffering from all the consequences. That is progress. I don’t believe that the automobile per se, and the internal combustion engine in general, is a Backward Invention; just because it has been causing pollution and eating up our precious fossil fuels.

The problem is EXCESS. We have failed to control world population. That is the root cause of Excess. More people, more cars, more fossil fuel needed, etc etc. We all have never learned to understand the meaning of Moderation; and we are all suffering from all the consequences. That is progress.

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