Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Most inventions are made because people develop an answer to a need. Regardless of the education or skills of the creator, invention still happens. When I read about how you need this degree or that education to be a productive member of modern society I recall newsreels Ive seen from the 1920s and 1930s of lots of ordinary Joes' working on new inventions… Many of what I remember of those are the humorous flops, but amongst all those there were many successes.

The only difference nowadays is there is quite an industry setup to try to snatch up these personal innovations and market and exploit them to the fullest return on profit. So most of the time you don't see that individuals are still are the key to progress. And when you try to succeed you are met with many nay sayers saying “you can't do that, it's impossible.” That is because to them, they don't see the possibility. Find out for yourself, even if you don't succeed you learned more than it's just plain impossible.

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