A NEW IDEA IS DELICATE. SPEED IS CRITICAL. IT CAN BE KILLED BY A SNEER OR A YAWN. IT CAN BE STABBED TO DEATH BY A QUIP AND WORRIED TO DEATH BY A FROWN ON SOMEONE’S BROW. AND, OF COURSE, IT CAN BE STRANGLED BY A COMMITTEE. NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE BORNE WITH MANY ENEMIES AND FEW FRIENDS.