Collective Invention
= The process of developing a new technology through open discussion has been called collective invention. [1]
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- Essay: Episodes of Collective Invention. Peter Meyer. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Office of Productivity and Technology, 4 August 20031
URL = http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/meyer.pdf
This paper documents two episodes of collective invention: The first episode deals with the development of mass production steel in the U.S. (1866-1885), and the second with early personal computers (1975-1985).