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 Change comes from fracture, disruption and disharmony: when shafts of light are thrown from unexpected angles by unintentionally broken windows, and they illuminate old problems or new opportunities in unexpected ways.
-Penicillin, the microwave, Velcro and the theory of the Big Bang were all discovered by accident. <ref>As were teflon, vulvaniced rubber, Viagra and Coca-Cola, according to ''Popular Mechanics Magazine''.https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/g1216/10-awesome-accidental-discoveries/</ref> The great cultural changers of the last century, whatever you think of them — Tim Berners-Lee, Bob Dylan, Tupac Shakur, Germaine Greer, Nigel Farage, Nelson Mandela, Judith Butler, Greta Thunberg, Elvis — they were not presidents, prime ministers or chief executive officers.
+Penicillin, the microwave, Velcro and the theory of the Big Bang were all discovered by accident. So too, teflon, vulvanised rubber, Viagra and Coca-Cola.<ref>According to [https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/g1216/10-awesome-accidental-discoveries/ ''Popular Mechanics'' Magazine].</ref> The great cultural changers of the last century, whatever you think of them — Tim Berners-Lee, Bob Dylan, Madonna, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Tupac Shakur, Germaine Greer, Nigel Farage, Steve Jobs, David Graeber, Nelson Mandela, Judith Butler, Greta Thunberg, Elvis — did not start out life as presidents, prime ministers or chief executive officers. They were not of the establishment. They changed the establishment, so ''it'' became them.
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