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Innovation is driven by incentives
There are three types of incentives:
- "If I don't figure this out, I might get fired." It will get you moving.
- "If I figure this out, I might help people and make a lot of money." It will produce creativity.
- "If we don't figure this out now, our very existence is threatened." Militaries deal with this, and it will fuel the most incredible problem-solving and innovation in a short time.
During World War II, there was a burst of scientific progress that took place. The government was in effect saying that if a discovery had any possible war value, then it had to be developed and put in use, regardless of the expense.
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