Folding Phones and the War Against Innovation

What do the lightbulb, television, online shopping, and the iPhone all have in common? They are all inventions that changed the way that we live our daily lives that were also openly mocked. The lightbulb was called a “conspicuous failure”, the television was called a failure, and the iPhone was mocked for not having a keyboard. All of these criticisms now sound ridiculous with the benefit of hindsight. But…