The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it can afford to become prevalent enough to establish its usefulness without being overwhelmed by the inertia of the orthodox system.
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He was signing a lot of autographs and doing a lot of interviews. But when he finally came out of the locker room, he had this huge smile on his face, and he hugged his mom and dad. It was the same old Steve that I had known all these years.
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