Commitment to research accuracy

In the original edition of this book, I took great pains to get the facts, sources, and references right. However, as you’ll learn in Chapter 2, history is more challenging than we think it is.

In this paperback edition, we corrected more than 40 issues, from typos to misreferences to clarifications of facts from history. They were mostly minor issues that were easy to correct. In some cases, I found better evidence and more accessible references.

But one can never be sure. It is possible, despite enlisting the help of an army of fact-checkers, that I have misrepresented facts or distorted the work of others, or that new evidence will surface that contradicts the facts I use. I promise that any oversights are unintentional. More importantly, I believe my arguments and the thoughts they provoke are valuable despite any inaccuracies.

As I’ve committed to in the past, I’ll do my best to collect and review any corrections or improved references as I’m made aware of them.

All of the URLs and references found in this book will be available online for easier access. Visit www.mythsofinnovation.com to either report issues or make use of the references for further study. If you find an issue that has not been listed, please report it at the above URL for other readers’ benefit and my own.