PTE Reading MC Single Answer
Read the passage and answer the question by selecting the correct response from the options below.
People tend to think that any new technology or device is an act of genius; something that has required vision and insight to create and then develops into a marketable product. The fact is that innovations were often already ‘out there in the public domain in some form or another. They tend to evolve from notions that have been around for years but that had not,until that point, been suitably adapted. One expert calls this the ‘long nose’ approach to innovation, whereby new concepts come into the world slowly, gradually revealing all they have to offer.
What is the writer’s main point about innovation?