“Fear of confrontation is also an important factor in innovations. Confrontation

—“Fear of confrontation is also an important factor in innovations. Confrontations are risky, doing what every else is doing, but a little better might be a more successful individual reproduction strategy, at the expense of the groups development.

Innovation requires confronting uncomfortable truths and risking social ostracism or even violence. Cultures that tolerate the optimum levels of confrontation and are good at rationally resolving confrontations have more innovation. We can’t be good at resolving confrontations unless we value truth over harmony and stability.

It might also be why women, who generally are not good at confrontations, are responsible for far fewer innovations than men.”— @Noah J Revoy