IFTF's Future Now: links for 2007-07-29

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July 29, 2007

In a Highly Complex World, Innovation From the Top Down - New York Times

"[T]he opening of innovation to wider numbers of people obscures another trend: many of the most popular new products, like the iPod, are dominated by a top-down, elite innovation model that doesn’t allow for customization."

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