You can't predict who will change the world (or why we need more tinkerers)

<i>unlike European schooling, American education is not based on equation drills and memorization</i><p>Erm... My education hasn't been based on drills and memorisation despite being 'European'. I wish journalists wouldn't just make stuff up.

I have always been amazed at how few people end up creating a new product where there is a need.<p>What must it be, 1 in 100,000?