Word: directionless
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...were obliged to play the game. From a social point of view, innovation has been a case of having to take the occasionally rough with the generally smooth, partly because of the interactive nature of invention described above, and partly because for centuries we have lived in a directionless culture of scarcity. At no time was there either need or resources available to share the intellectual wealth beyond a select few. There was no point, for instance, in teaching literacy to the masses without an adequate number of printing presses to provide them with texts. In any case, prior...
...spectacular presentation," said J. Benjamin Popp '01. "It was very personal, and he took pains to make it relevant. It's reassuring to hear his story as a directionless senior...