If You Look At History,

Calculus, The Electrical Battery, The Telephone, The Steam Engine, The Radio - All These Groundbreaking Innovations Were Hit Upon By Multiple Inventors Working In Parallel With No Knowledge Of One Another.

Those That Regularly Come Into Contact With People Having Diverse Interests And Viewpoints Are More Likely To Come Up With Innovative Ideas.

We Are Strangely Biased, As Individuals And Media Institutions, To Focus On Big Sudden Changes, Whether Good Or Bad - Amazing Breakthroughs, Such As A New Gadget That Gets Released, Or Catastrophic Failures, Like A Plane Crash.

In A Peer Network, No One Is Officially In Charge. It Doesn't Have A Command Hierarchy. It Doesn't Have A Boss. So, All The Decisions Are Somehow Made Collectively. The Control Of The System Is In The Hands Of Everyone Who Is A Part Of It.

As Much As We Sometimes Roll Our Eyes At The Ivory-tower Isolation Of Universities, They Continue To Serve As Remarkable Engines Of Innovation.