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What may be the world's largest prehistoric hand ax, measuring over 20 inches long, was found in Saudi Arabia.

"who made that" the latest issue and hugo writes in part this. its funny to think about that today. when an original ipod from 2001 looks as dumb and bulkic as a prehistoric hand ax. nobody has to plan obsolescence any more. it just happens. innovation is the constant in our lives. this special issue of the magazine is devoted to innovation and its sorted mysteries. where do good ideas come from and how do they catch on? great questions. i like it. >> is this a quiz portion? >> i want to dive st...

Madeed without a change in design for half a million years. it is made from a single substance and the mouse is made from a bunch of different substances, plastic and metal and so on and it combines different ideas, that occurred to different people in different times and different places and they all come together in this technology and that is how we are better off with the combinations of ideas. >> the mouse improves is often that the one i have a few years ago is already out of date >>guest:...

Come up with a worse idea but no one picks it up, no one takes it off. if you come up with a better idea it spreads at the expense of the baddie and the recombining and what we do. the more we trade, the more we exchange, the more it happens. >> and the better life gets in general. >>guest: absolutely. our living standards have shot up in my lifetime. the average income of the average person is throw times what it was when i was born and life span is 30 percent longer and child mortality is two-...

Idea it spreads at the expense of the baddie and the recombining and what we do. the more we trade, the more we exchange, the more it happens. >> and the better life gets in general. >>guest: absolutely. our living standards have shot up in my lifetime. the average income of the average person is throw times what it was when i was born and life span is 30 percent longer and child mortality is two-thirds lower that is because we keep improving each others living standards. >> so, you like to show...