Why Rising From the Ashes Is Vital for Disruption, Innovation
Good (almost) always follows bad.

By Amy Cosper •

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"Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free."
—Anne Sullivan
Right now Silicon Valley is hoarding outsize credit for innovation and disruption of the status quo. I call B.S. Innovation and disruption have gone on for eons, and they're driven by something so obvious that we rarely talk about it: the resiliency of the human spirit in the face of life-crushing odds. It's called survival, and through it, we innovate our way out of the abyss.
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