There’s a tension in our connected world about being the originator. Apparently those who invented it first always win. It is said that the best entrepreneurs are those who change things. It turns out though, those that win reinterpret that which is already here.
Here are a few examples of things that weren’t invented by who you think:
Some break dancing way before it ever appeared in the Bronx.
A graphical user interface & mouse way before Apple.
The first automobile from China in 1672, way before Carl and Henry.
So the next time you get accused of copying someone, just tell them they copied their DNA from their parents. They copied their language from their community and they should also start copying their ideas from the giants who came before them. We first must copy before we can create. Go forth and copy.