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How Intellectual Ventures Wants To Reinvent Invention

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“Did aeroplanes come from the R&D department of a train company or a steamship company?” Nathan Myhrvold asks, rhetorically, his voice cracking. He’s explaining how his company, Intellectual Ventures, is going to reinvent the way things are invented.

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