MANUSCRIPT READING PATH

General-Purpose Technologies and the Long Delay

Study steam, electricity, computing and the internet as systems. Productivity often waits for complementary infrastructure, skills, interfaces and organizational redesign.

Suggested sequence

  1. 01

    Begin with histories of industrialization and electrification

  2. 02

    Compare invention dates with later workflow changes

  3. 03

    Identify complements such as standards, training and distribution

  4. 04

    Apply the pattern cautiously to current AI deployment

Questions to carry

  • What had to change around the invention?
  • Which benefits appeared only after reorganization?
  • What separates capability from broad absorption?

Related paths

Diffusion, Adoption, and Social Proof →The Early Internet as a Mirror →Leverage, Compounding, and Small Advantages →