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Innovation and convergence

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The saying is: where your attention goes, energy flows and where energy flows, things grow. As an example, my mother did buy recently a Renault Clio and what I am continuously seeing in the traffic now are Renault Clio’s. There were there before, but I just didn’t pay any attention. Now, my attention is attracted to ‘convergence’ and thus I am continuously see lots of articles about it. What does convergence actually mean? Here is a definition: convergence |kənˈvərjəns| the process or state of converging: the convergence of lines in the distance. • Biology the tendency of unrelated animals and plants to evolve superficially similar characteristics under similar environmental conditions. • (also convergence zone )a location where airflows or ocean currents meet, characteristically marked by upwelling (of air) or downwelling (of water). The way I look at it is that it becomes clear to many more people that events (global warming; financial crisis;