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Edison's Collaborative Genius
- John Green's fifth-grade biography of Thomas Edison highlighted his inventions.
- However, Edison primarily built upon existing inventions, emphasizing humanity's collaborative nature.
QWERTY's Iterative Development
- The QWERTY keyboard's history exemplifies iterative progress over decades.
- It's a story of slow, collaborative change rather than a single inventor's genius.
Scholes's Varied Contributions
- Christopher Latham Scholes, a Wisconsin politician, contributed to abolishing the death penalty.
- He also worked on creating a typewriter, initially with an alphabetical layout.