[willrftaylor]

This is a beautiful example of functional thinking. The ability to see the attributes and and requirements of a system rather than the items themselves.

Harvard offer a free online course called “lab to market” which among other things teaches a systematic way of using this to help uncover startup opportunities. In short, you use functional thinking to match the functionality of nascent technology “seeds” to the functionality required by an identified market’s needs.

[nonrandomstring]

Moreso, the implications, opportunities and hazards of such things.