Mr Gordon does not regard the Internet as a first-order invention, in this sense.

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Yet it also seems unfair to take money from those who have worked hard and give it to those who have not, or to take away the profits of those who have risked their life savings to bring a new invention to market in order to help those who have risked nothing.

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Laying there in a sweat, late at night, we no longer have to dream up some new invention of an idea in order to start our businesses or make it big.

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In order to win over manufacturers, Fenelon had to test his invention seven ways to Sunday.

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