Re:Sweden gives employees unpaid time off to be entrepreneur...
by danans on Sunday February 16, 2020 @12:00PM
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> Historically, innovation isn't driven by wealth, but by pressure, see: times of war, or the US' "make it big or die"-mentality.
It's driven by both. New hypotheses get generated in times relative wealth, when people can afford not to default to the availability bias of ideas that exist already.
Pressure for success results in the selection of the more optimal hypotheses available to put into action. Much of the science and tinkering that led to wartime technology used in the world wars, for example, was done during non-war time.
If you place too much on the side of survival pressure, you will be over optimized for the short term, and likely generate fewer innovations.
It's driven by both. New hypotheses get generated in times relative wealth, when people can afford not to default to the availability bias of ideas that exist already.
Pressure for success results in the selection of the more optimal hypotheses available to put into action. Much of the science and tinkering that led to wartime technology used in the world wars, for example, was done during non-war time.
If you place too much on the side of survival pressure, you will be over optimized for the short term, and likely generate fewer innovations.