# Why weren’t buttons invented in Asia? # Why weren’t buttons invented in Asia * Seems like another [[Idea behind its time]] [[mokyrLeverRichesTechnological1992]] <!-- #questions --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Why+weren’t+buttons+invented+in+Asia) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Why+weren’t+buttons+invented+in+Asia) <!-- {BearID:A928526B-F5D3-4D14-B386-EA39649CB65F-19569-0003CC891AF113EB} -->