135. FAILED FUTURES | Lessons from the Amazing Innovations that Didn't Change Anything

Everyone loves a success story. But what about tales of failure?

This week Alex, Alexander, and Chase unpack some of tech’s most marvelous misses. Th en we'll ask ourselves, as creators, what can we learn from history’s almosts.

Because if failure is the best teacher, may these disasters be our Yoda.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:50: Intro

03:30: Failed Future #1: Nuclear-Powered Cars

13:36: Nuclear-Powered Cars - Lessons for Creators

19:10: Failed Future #2: General Magic Smartphone

31:08: General Magic Smartphone - Lessons for Creators

33:30: Failed Future #3: iSmell, Smellivision

45:08: Passion Doesn’t Always Make a Product

48:20: Failed Future #4: Pneumatic Tubes

57:39: Lessons for Creators

58:52: Failed Future #5: The Concorde

01:02:32: The Concorde - Lessons for Creators

SOURCES:

https://www.vox.com/2015/6/24/8834989/when-the-pneumatic-tube-carried-fast-food-people-and-cats

https://hiddencityphila.org/2014/04/pneumatic-philadelphia/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohrpost_in_Berlin

https://thehustle.co/digiscents-ismell-fail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISmell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_scent_technology

https://commoncog.com/c/cases/general-magic/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Magic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon

https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/nuclear-powered-cars-were-once-a-real-possibility/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_propulsion

https://www.britannica.com/question/How-much-was-a-ticket-on-the-Concorde

https://inews.co.uk/news/why-did-concorde-stop-flying-last-flight-2775291

https://www.historyhit.com/facts-about-concorde/

https://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/concorde/the-concorde-story/concorde-timeline

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_Age

MUSIC:

"The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades" (Timbuk 3)

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