““Lionel Goettreider read Cats Cradle and had a crucial realization, what he called the "Accident" - when you invent a new technology you also invent the accident of that technology. When you invent the car, you also invent the car accident. [……] The Accident doesn't just apply to technology, it also applies to people. Every person you meet introduces the accident of that person to you. What can go right and what can go wrong. There is no intimacy without consequence.””
![“Lionel Goettreider read Cats Cradle and had a crucial realization, what he called the "Accident" - when you invent a new technology you also invent the accident of that technology. When you invent the car, you also invent the car accident. [……] The Accident doesn't just apply to technology, it…” quote by Elan Mastai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/965/elan-mastai-22667_car-accident_lionel-goettreider-read-cats-cradle-and_3149653.jpg)
![“Significant inventions are not mere accidents. The erroneous view [that they are] is widely held, and it is one that the scientific and technical community, unfortunately, has done little to dispel. Happenstance usually plays a part, to be sure, but there is much more to invention than the popular…” quote by Paul Flory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/410/paul-flory-124565_accidents_significant-inventions-are-not-mere-acci_2340075.jpg)
