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#3 The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Edison Invented The Modern the Modern World
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Edison's lesson: Invention should be shaped by commercial needs
Thomas Edison accumulated 1093 patents but his first successful one was a vote recorder that could shorten tabulation time. However, the idea was rejected due to political reasons. Edison learned that invention should be shaped by commercial needs, not just technical cleverness.
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