Opinion: Risk And Failure Drive Innovation
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Thomas Edison didn’t invent electric lights, but he did create the first commercially successful lightbulb—after repeated setbacks in finding the right filament material. His invention was a game changer that speeded the process of electrification and changed forever how we live after the Sun goes...
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