Notes
Chapter 1
1. In a chapter called “Failing Free” in his book Here Comes Everybody, Clay Shirky focuses on open source software and self-organizing online social phenomena wherein experimentation is fostered in such a way that inventors fail fast and, resultantly, succeed faster. I’m extending the idea to include the physical world, as the inputs to production, labor, and capital (equipment and resources) can now be acquired with the equivalent of disposable income. From a macroeconomic perspective, moving money from leisure pursuits to innovative investments makes the resultant inventions free.
2. Steven Wheelwright and Kim B. Clark, Revolutionizing Product Development (New York: The Free Press, 1992), p. 22.
Chapter 4
1. Erik Brynjolfsson, ...
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