You may have heard the old saying, “There’s nothing new under the sun.” Whether or not this is true, I would at least have to agree that there is very little new under the sun. Most of what we think of as brand-new or cutting-edge is little more than something that has been remolded or reworked. In the world of breakthrough ideas, concepts, or technologies, virtually everything will fall into one of three categories. There are the rare and precious original ideas. These are few and far between, and should be celebrated for the genius they represent. The vast majority of new things are either innovations or improvements on old things.