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Theories of Technological Innovation and Diffusion
Where Technological Innovation Comes From and How It Works
Mar 3
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R&D Organizational Profiles of Progress (the series)
How five centuries of changing institutions and funding systems shaped the modern world of discovery.
Jan 10
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Michael Magoon
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How the Railroad Transformed Britain and Enabled Global Economic Growth
Why railroads were the first fossil-fuel solution to economic progress
Jan 8
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The Age of Renaissance Workshops and Patronage Science (1200–1600)
How Commercial City-States Built Early R&D Systems
Jan 6
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Michael Magoon
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Before Modern R&D: How Societies Solved Problems Before 1000
How Ancient Societies Solved Problems Without Organized Research & Development
Jan 2
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Why It Took Humanity 300,000 Years to Make Real Progress
How the struggle for food delayed innovation—and why one breakthrough finally unleashed modern progress.
Dec 8, 2025
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How Engineers and Inventors Built the Systems Behind Modern R&D
A new series on the five-century evolution of research and development
Nov 6, 2025
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Michael Magoon
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How Humanity Learned to Fly
A century of technological and organizational innovation from the Wright Flyer to the Dreamliner
Oct 30, 2025
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Michael Magoon
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Railroads, Engines, Chips, and AI: Two Centuries of Global Investment Booms
Why Every Great Leap Forward Begins with a Financial Frenzy
Oct 20, 2025
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Michael Magoon
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How the steel plow transformed the Great Plains
More proof of the importance of subsistence technologies in human history
Sep 11, 2025
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Michael Magoon
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How technological innovations created scientific breakthroughs
And why science is more dependent on technology than vice versa.
Sep 2, 2025
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Key innovations from the Renaissance in Northern Italy
And how they transformed the region from poverty to progress
Sep 1, 2025
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