via AP by Ted Anthony originally tweeted by Alexander Rea
NEW YORK (AP) - The metaphor is an easy one, overused and perhaps even a bit overwrought. We are forging forward into a digital frontier, leaving convention behind, traveling without guides into an uncharted virtual land where progress and profits are forever around the next bend.
"In this country, you’re a hero if you invent something. To be an inventor in America, that’s as good as being an explorer," says Julie Fenster, author of "The Spirit of Invention: The Story of the Thinkers, Creators and Dreamers who Formed Our Nation."
"The notion that ‘I can invent my way out of problems’ - that always fueled a sense of hope and expansion in this country," she says.
Fantastic read.