Feifer: Everyday norms prove innovation wins despite initial opposition
Jason Feifer · Building for Tomorrow with Jason Feifer · Jan 12, 2023 · at 17:51
Jason Feifer, Editor-in-Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine and author of Build for Tomorrow, explains human adaptability and society's historic resistance to new technologies.
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“We really are the products of change, and we forget that. We, we're actually the argument for change because the things that we grew up with were the things that people had previously opposed.”
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