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In defense of a critical innovation

2020-11-05T04:05:52.015Z

Someone should take on an uncomfortable role asking us about the direction of this great transformationInvestigations in a laboratory in the province of Buenos Aires.JUAN MABROMATA / AFP There are words that operate as true social fetishes. They are concepts that enjoy extraordinary prestige despite the fact that no one can clearly and precisely outline what their meaning is. Sometimes they are ideas to which very generous funds are allocated and their mere invocation seems to nurture a solemn aut

Investigations in a laboratory in the province of Buenos Aires.JUAN MABROMATA / AFP

There are words that operate as true social fetishes.

They are concepts that enjoy extraordinary prestige despite the fact that no one can clearly and precisely outline what their meaning is.

Sometimes they are ideas to which very generous funds are allocated and their mere invocation seems to nurture a solemn authority to those who pronounce them.

Innovation is probably one of them.

Rarely has such a powerful and fascinated messianic conviction been propped up around a single word.

No matter where you look, there will always be a guru warning in front of a bread ...

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