A fantastic read, really nailing some of the things discussed previously here as “wombling”.

“That’s innovation for you. If we could predict the future uses of new technology, they wouldn’t be innovative.

That’s innovation. It’s the force that drives our civilization. It’s the force that drives our culture. It’s the force that makes us human (“the tool-using animal”).

I’m not willing to give it up, even if I don’t know what it is.

The fact of the matter is that no group of engineers in a boardroom can ever anticipate what normal people will do with their inventions.”

Such a fantastic quote. Reminds me of Marc Rettig‘s “brains around a table are never enough” maxim.

» “The Street Finds its Own Use for the Law of Unintended Consequences” by Cory Doctorow : 04/16/2002