Invention and innovation : a long history and modern infatuation
Inventions that turned from welcome to undesirable. Leaded gasoline ; DDT ; Chlorofluorocarbons
Inventions that were to dominate
and do not. Airships ; Nuclear fission ; Supersonic flight
Inventions that we keep waiting for. Travel in vacuum (hyperloop) ; Nitrogen-fixing cereals ; Nuclear fusion
Techno-optimism, exaggerations and realistic expectations. Breakthroughs that are not ; Myth of ever-faster innovations ; What we need most.
