Today: a lot of innovations, but mostly trivial

Today's innovations and startups are:

  • Smaller than what we saw 20 or 30 years ago
  • Apps masquerading as platforms, platforms masquerading as breakthroughs
  • Coming from startup incubators, not labs or garages
  • Rarely push the boundaries of basic or even applied science
  • Trivial or even laughable ventures than truly disruptive technologies.

There's a lot happening today (thanks to democratization of entrepreneurship with easier funding), but the disappointment is that these innovations/startups are not changing the world.

Source: HBR Oct2014