27 January 2024 - invention

The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know, and the more cautious you become. And yet only a small proportion of the world's inventions are by people who blasted through conventional wisdom because they didn't know better--fewer than you think, because it's a good story when it happens. You are hemmed in on both sides, and your only hope is that you are small enough to quantum tunnel through the barriers.