Saturday, March 7, 2009

Things Created During Recessions

Recessions might feel all doomy and gloomy, but they’re also times of great innovation. All of the following wondrous things were created, perfected, or completed during recessions or depressions: the Empire State Building, the Sears Tower, the U.S.A. trilogy by John Dos Passos, Social Security, Scotch tape, the Polaroid Corporation, FM radio, the modem, New Wave music, MS-DOS, the iPod, and the artificial heart.

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    It’s important to recognize...innovation that is born
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    so theres hope for us yet.
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    The iPod was launched in 2001. I don’t think the years immediately preceding that year, during the R&D of the iPod,...
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    Uh, that’s considered a good thing?
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    soooo it’s a good time for architects, artists, designers then?
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