I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work. Had I worked fifty or ten, or even five years before, I would have failed. So it is with every new thing. Progress happens when all the factors that make for it are ready, and then it is inevitable. To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense.~ Henry Ford
This quote highlights the dependence of every creative endeavor on the work that precedes it, and it seems particularly relevant in light of yesterday’s SOPA/PIPA online protests.
Nice. I agree. There’s very few stories. The various ways of telling them are innumerable.