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May 3Liked by Joel Stein

Wow! This is brilliant and touches on so many things that many are feeling.

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Apr 20Liked by Joel Stein

Very relevant article : it summarizes a phenomenon e've probably all been witnesses through the time without putting the word on it... Thank you !

I recall this white papier recently published about a company that was pioneer in creativity : Disney. "Restore the Magic" paper highlighted the percent of spin-offs across the year from 14% in 2000 to 67% planned in 2025 ! The creative engine has slowly stopped to work...

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I just found my weirdness reading this.

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For an additioinal view on the decline in innovation, in this case within U.S. companies, see the book "Mass Flourishing" by Nobel Laureate in Economics Edmund Phelps. Phelps uses Total Factor Productivity (Labor and Capital) as the proxy for innovation and shows its decline beginning in the early 1970's and continuing to today.

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