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Let There Be Light Bulbs: How Incandescents Became the Icons of Innovation (collectorsweekly.com)
7 points by samclemens on July 24, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Interesting.

What is it, though, about being interviewed that makes someone say something like "Without the invention of the light bulb, there would be no modern computer as we know it today." as if we could've easily just happened never to think of electric light.




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