Also if people are starving or otherwise suffering, they probably aren't innovating.
We already have plenty of people. We have a lack of people with the means to live comfortably and invent stuff.
We already have plenty of people. We have a lack of people with the means to live comfortably and invent stuff.
You can "invent" a lever or pulley out of random objects that you already have. It may make your task easier, but it won't be world changing.
Necessity (read, pending starvation) may lead to a desperate search for Other People's Money to bring a concept to fruition, but it's not quite the same thing.