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It’s hard to discover where the frontier is

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What are examples of technology being combined well?

New materials are more likely than other technologies to generate positive second-order effects

Untapped technical people near the end of their careers may have more potential than young people

Several technology trends make a reasonable argument that there is a why now for telerobotics

DARPA is more ideas limited than money limited

Context affects the types of ideas people have and the work they do to pursue those ideas

# Adjacent Possible
Precisely thinking about the adjacent possible is hard. It is easy to miss the prerequisites on an innovation which put it in the adjacent-adjacent possible or farther. 
It may not be possible to know whether something is truly in the adjacent possible without trying to put it into the possible. Most AI predictions are bullshit.
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Originally from [[Stuart Kauffman]] in [[Investigations (Book)]]



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# Conversation with Kevin at Hello Tomorrow 8/11/2019
# Conversation with Kevin at Hello Tomorrow 8-11-2019
Tinder for technology
A* refocusing on mission driven orgs
A* is an economic org
Actively look for tech that can be combined 
Issue is talent 
Idea of a facility that startups can use to test prototypes might shoehorn
Kevin was in Boston Etc



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The linear innovation pipeline is more harmful than useful

Innovation requires multiple heuretics

PARPA will address several failure points

# Many innovations are not valuable on their own but can be combined to be valuable
This could either be within the process of a larger organization or with other completely new things.
Examples: Touch keyboards are almost worthless without really good autocorrect
This is one of the places where corporate R&D may shine 
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[[What are examples of technology being combined well?]]
[[Innovations that are not valuable on their own but could be combined well to be valuable?]]
## Related
[[§Corporate R&D Constraints]]
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Technology relaxes constraints

Many innovations are not valuable on their own but can be combined to be valuable

# What are examples of technology being combined well?
# What are examples of technology being combined well
* [[Conversation with Kevin at Hello Tomorrow 8/11/2019]]
* [[Technology relaxes constraints]]
* [[Adjacent Possible]]


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