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Bio — Lee Vinsel
I grew up in the rust belt town of Joliet, Illinois. Growing up around abandoned steel mills and industrial decline gives one a certain sense of life with technology. The mascot of my high school was ...
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BLOG — Lee Vinsel
Innovation
1. Innovation is the central ideology of our age. Its core assumption is that technological change is the key to both economic growth and quality of life.
2. Use of the word “innova...
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The Innovation Delusion — Lee Vinsel
The Innovation Delusion
Innovation is the hottest buzzword in business. But what if its benefits have been exaggerated, and our obsession with finding the next big thing has distracted us from the wor...
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Book — Lee Vinsel
My book manuscript,
Taming the American Idol: Cars, Risks, and Regulations, examines how individuals, organizations, and governments have regulated risks associated with the automobile over that tech...
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95 Theses on Innovation — Lee Vinsel
(For Patrick McCray, in Tribute to His Support of Junior Scholars)
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The Maintainers: A Call for Proposals — Lee Vinsel
Last year, when Walter Isaacson published his book, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution , historians met it with a good deal of skepticism. For ...