# Leonardo Ideas # Leonardo Ideas *Leonardo Ideas* are ideas that could not be implemented well when they were conceived because of technological constraints that have since been relaxed. [[Technology relaxes constraints]] [[Leonardo Ideas can be systematically identified]] because [[You can identify constraints analytically]] Many innovations of the past happened when people discovered and then acted on Leonardo problems whether they knew it or not. Most of the Leonardo Ideas we can think of have already been exploited. This fact is almost tautological because once someone discovers a Leonardo idea, they will execute on it if it seems sufficiently valuable. Unexploited Leonardo Ideas could also be thought of Leonardo ideas in the [[Adjacent Possible]] (as opposed to the Leonardo ideas that already exist.) [[Leonardo Ideas can be systematically identified]] [[Adam Marblestone]] calls unexploited Leonardo Ideas `Gems hidden in pain sight` - see [[Adam Marblestone Podcast 2020-03-31]] and [[boydenArchitectingDiscoveryModel2019]] Here is a running list of [[List of dreams that have not yet come to pass]] that might be Leonardo ideas. ### References: * [[bushPiecesAction1970]] * [http://josephnoelwalker.com/144-palmer-luckey/…](https://t.co/vpeNTPua69) <!-- #mental-model --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Leonardo+Ideas) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Leonardo+Ideas)