I do not understand, or I mean, find how he feels about this old saying, because most of what he's using are examples to support how he feels about that quote.
BTW, I know, that he doesn't agree with this quote.
Here are some of the quotes from the book, so that maybe you could find it through here: http://quotesjournal.blogspot.com/2007/0...
Could you please explain it in a way a 7th/8th grader can understand it.
Thanks. I'd really appreciate it.
Answers:
Diamond actually reversed the well-known quote to say "invention is often the mother of necessity" which means, as is explained in the subsequent text, that many inventors created things out of curiosity rather than because of need. In other words, they made a product before there was a demand for it. They then had to hype their invention(s) and generate consumer and companies interest so that they could sell their creation(s) to make money to support further inventions and flights of fantasy.
Jared seems to think, as in edisions case, that inventions were made(i.e the phonograph) and then figured out how to use it. unlike what the quote is saying.
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