Oct 16, 2026 · 20 min · 16 segments
Electric vehicles, online shopping, and more – China’s ability to scale up and lower costs for the masses has never been disputed. But does China truly create inventions, or does it excel at…
Kenneth HuangGuestDerek CaiGuestMariko OiHost
Um, so I would say my favorite is the smartphone because I use it so much and a lot of people use it.
Um, so I would categorize invention as broadly, right, to include, you know, innovation as a subset.
And when we say innovation, it means that the, the invention of the product has diffused, it has commercialized, it has been well adopted.
So I think smartphone will belong to that subset category of in- innovation within the in- invention.
Well, let's define, shall we, [laughs] Derek, invention, innovation, and reinvention, I guess.
Yeah, I would, um, categor- like for me, I would sort of group them, group invention into three broad categories.
So for example, a scientist comes up with a, or rather discovers a new element and it changes the world.
And then the third one is commercial invention, which is what you were talking about, right, uh, innovation.
So for example, if we exhaust the metaphor, uh, that the Wright brothers invented the plane, but the first commercial flight didn't take off until 10 or 12 years after they invented the plane.
Um, so I would say my favorite is the smartphone because I use it so much and a lot of people use it.
Um, so I would categorize invention as broadly, right, to include, you know, innovation as a subset.
And when we say innovation, it means that the, the invention of the product has diffused, it has commercialized, it has been well adopted.
So I think smartphone will belong to that subset category of in- innovation within the in- invention.
Well, let's define, shall we, [laughs] Derek, invention, innovation, and reinvention, I guess.
Yeah, I would, um, categor- like for me, I would sort of group them, group invention into three broad categories.
So for example, a scientist comes up with a, or rather discovers a new element and it changes the world.
And then the third one is commercial invention, which is what you were talking about, right, uh, innovation.
So for example, if we exhaust the metaphor, uh, that the Wright brothers invented the plane, but the first commercial flight didn't take off until 10 or 12 years after they invented the plane.
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