Impact is critically important for technologies that have no economic rationale.

Impact and economic rationality

• impact and economic rationality A story about a technology that has no economic rationale, but first has an impact and then becomes economically rational after the fact.
  • Impact is critically important for technologies that have no economic rationale.

The challenge of “unexplored” is to create a new idea without implementation. | The Challenge of “Unexplored” Genius Engineers

• Ideas without implementation are no longer needed.

• network externality

• network effect

• positive externalities

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