User talk:Palds

System x: A better way of creating products: Creating a hammer waiting for a nail to be invented

There are so many neat products that can be created if right group of people teamed up to create them.

I have always felt that someone I don’t know might have best answers to any problem I am trying to solve. But I don’t know who and how to contact them. I am wondering if some “system x” can be created where it would be easy to find that person and motivating them to provide answers. If I were that person, for example, I would feel good to just be able to help someone (without asking for any compensation), if the question was as simple as 2x2=? We all are experts in some or the other things where the things that are as simple as 2x2=4 for us might be very difficult for others. I know that you can treat heart attack by using ultrasonic energy, but I bet most of you didn’t. I am an expert in this so its as easy as 2x2=4 for me, but some one who’s looking exactly for this answer can’t reach me to get this answer for free because the “system x” doesn’t exist yet.

Currently most product creation is driven by a need to solve a problem and someone’s effort to get a team together to try to solve it. We realize that companies try to do a good job of finding the right candidates for the job from a small pool of candidates (say 10 to 100 candidates) that apply for it. Imagine if that pool was as big as the number of internet users and the candidates were free to participate in whatever capacity they can.

Say airplane is not invented yet and I am trying to see if one can be created. So I declare my intent to create one on the internet. Somehow that leads to someone with knowledge of how birds fly get in touch with my webpage and gives needed fruitful information. Similarly someone who is an expert in materials that can be used does the same. Similarly as the development of concepts proceeds and the hurdles/questions keep popping, they keep getting answered because the “system x” directs them to those who most likely can answer those. Eventually, all questions can get answered and the product can be created.

At time there could be created whose use has not yet been found. But then again system x would lead us to possible users. Since everyone’s contribution is so little and free we could have the system x help us improve our lives significantly. Who would have thunk that a huge information base like internet would be freely available a few clicks away. I am sure system x could be applied to more than just creating products but only future contributions from others might tell.

So does anyone know how to initiate the beginnings of creating system x?