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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Patents, breakthroughs. Most happen in US or China.
No risk, no reward.
Lmao. So how many "breakthroughs" happened in the US last year and how many "breakthroughs" happened in the UK?
And how are you measuring their relative significance and scale?
In case youre not aware, the overall point im making us that you have literally no idea how to measure innovation in a reliable or meaningful way.
So again, I would point you to overall outcomes, rather than chasing shiny buzz words. At the end of World War 2, the US was orders of magnitude wealthier per capita then virtually every single European country, and yet, today, Europeans are happier, healthier, and richer then Americans. So all those patents helped Americans how exactly?
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