3 Clues To How Geography Fuels Innovation

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By NPR | 05 September 2012 | 272

Though Thomas Edison's obituary heralded him as "a solitary genius revolutionizing the world," he was not alone in that laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J. Instead, he had some 40 scientists and technicians there, laboring away on his inventions. So having access to like-minded people is key, and the simplest way to do that is to live in a city. Read More