September 01, 2006

A call to revolution


Dan Worth wrote his first post on Gristmill and it made me happy. Being more educated on the subject and more in the broader green mix, he says what I was trying to get to with my Ford/Edison posts but goes one step further- he suggests a revolution be set in motion by GenX. He asks, "And where is today's ruthless, 30-year-old Thomas Edison, finding new and innovative ways to use, market, and sell new energy products and systems -- stealing patents, failing more than succeeding, crushing the competition, and not giving up until he ran his industry?... And for those of you who don't believe it can be done -- that modern-day industry is too entrenched, that the world is built by adults, and that revolutions are run by teenagers -- tune in next week when I will submit my first data set of historical leaders 25-36 years old. Some got rich, some got famous, some died trying, but most took the industrial "road less traveled" and changed the world." I'll sign up only I'm not the greatest inventor but I'd happily invest in the ideas.

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