Innovation

Everybody talks about innovation as the key driver to recover from the numb situation economy is today. Companies spend a lot of money in technology and programs to stimulate innovation or innovative ideas.

I was reading a paper about Nobel prizes and that discussed how legitimate it was to award a prize to one group. Should the prize go to the group having made a theoretical prediction in Astrophysics science or to the group having made a technology breakthrough in telecommunication science?

I think the debate between Theoretical Science versus Applied Science is an endless topic of discussion, though I think we need both.

The main question I had after reading this paper was to try to figure out what should be the next most innovative and significant discovery we should need. Everybody has in mind Light bulb from Thomas Edison, airplane from the Wright brothers, Einstein’s Theory of relativity or the discovery of Post-it by Arthur Fry.

To me I think the most significant discovery will probably be a medical discovery. I think resources and efforts should be put on research for the Cancer, HIV and degenerative brain diseases like Parkinson or Alzheimer (stem cells!).

Then any findings to reduce pollution, negative impacts on the climate and preserve the planet would be the most significant discoveries.

If you have any other ideas to contribute this conversation, do not hesitate to post a commentary and enrich this conversation!!