Can incrementalism get some love? Seems everyone is opposed to it, but the plain fact is that nearly all progress is incremental.<p>Real "innovations" tend to be composed of a few component ideas that are themselves incremental. Innovation is built on incrementalism. The iPhone just took existing things and combined them in a smart way that produced the innovation -- but it was ultimately the simple act of being aware of the incremental progress in many areas that made the innovation possible.<p>Hilariously, incremental improvements are built on innovation.<p>It's turtles all the way down. Hofstadter and all that jazz.