So, I keep hearing this again and again and again and again - "Let's not reinvent the wheel." I hear it so often that I often feel the urge to shove the wise-guys cracking the wheel line under the wheels of a railcar or something. Damn them, and damn the advise to not invent the wheel. Let's never shy away from reinventing the wheel. It might bring quite a few practical benefits:
- An alternative design: A square wheel may be no good for a cart, but it may come mighty useful in a locking mechanism or some other machine.
- An alternative material: A wheel made of cotton may be of no use outdoors, but in a hospital or something it might come very useful.
- An alternative process: Burning a wheel may be very useful when you need to speed up the process, instead of curving it.
And, above all you can always have the joy in knowing that your superior intelligence have never depended on someone else to invent the wheel for you. Cheers.
