The distinction between invention and innovation matters for how we allocate credit and rewards: inventors often complain they don't receive adequate reward for their original idea, but the real work and value creation happens in the innovator's perspiration, not the inventor's inspiration.

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Matt Ridley

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I'm trying to do in this book is rescue the perspiratory from obscurity and slightly relegate the inspirators who always think they deserve the most credit

Source

Naval Ravikant On The 4 Books That CHANGED His Life (Financially And Philosophically)Picking Nuggets
Created: 8/11/2026, 8:08:24 AM

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