CONCEPTS

Unskeuomorphic

New inventions carry old constraints as habits, not requirements — radio pretending to be TV, TV pretending to be live.

innovation constraints

The habit that outlives the reason for it

Every new medium starts by imitating the old one out of habit, not necessity — early TV was radio with a camera pointed at it. The real invention only shows up once the inherited constraint gets noticed and dropped.

The full piece is queued. If this is exactly the thing you were looking for, say so — it moves it up the list.

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