"The Dawn of Innovation
By Charles R. Morris (2012)
In the War of 1812, the United States and England clashed in naval battles for control of Lake Ontario. The new nation prevailed, thanks in part to massive, ocean-worthy warships built deep in the North American wilderness.
Charles R. Morris enlists this history in "The Dawn of Innovation" to illustrate two habits of innovators.
The first is tinkering, or testing big ideas on a small scale;
the second is thinking about problems differently, or, as the British historian Herbert Butterfield put it: "picking up the opposite end of the stick."
Innovation dawned in the 19th century because America had invented a new economy -- the world's first "mass-consumption society," as Morris calls it.
"Machinery-intensive methods of manufacturing guns" for the U.S. Army fostered progress in precision measurement, advanced machining and parts production.
Gun makers including E. Remington & Sons diversified into producing typewriters, locomotive parts and gears for the nascent bicycle market. Bicycles in turn inspired Henry Ford and the Wright brothers, whose inventions changed history." [1]
1. REVIEW --- Books -- Five Best: Books on Inventors and Innovators: Carl J. Schramm --- The author, most recently, of 'Burn the Business Plan: What Great Entrepreneurs Really Do'. Schramm, Carl. Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y.. 29 Mar 2025: C8.
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