Is exposure to inventors a precondition to becoming an inventor yourself

According to Innovation Historian Anton Howes, "Absent any exposure to inventors, people simply don’t become inventors. Knowing about invention as an activity is a necessary precondition to becoming an inventor yourself"

This compelling newsletter by Anton explores deep into the nature of innovation by using historical perspective.

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