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In fact, Trump is applying one of the principles of TRIZ
An engineering development technique pioneered in Russia
Which has the effect of SPEEDING UP INVENTION
Now doesn't that sound like something a WARTIME effort might want?
In fact this technique is now in use all over the world, and the two best examples in the USA
Are Tesla and SpaceX.
TRIZ is the secret sauce of Elon Musk that has allowed his companies to outpace the competition
You may have also noticed how Russia's defence and related industries
Also outpaced everyone else and amazed the world
With their capabilities when they were invited into Syria.
TRIZ works, and it starts by asking a bunch of standard silly questions
Just like the one POTUS asked. This focuses creativity on the similarities and differences between two situations
And that is the best way to figure out how to overcome barriers.
People who say "It's a silly idea" or "It's impossible" are making a glaring mistake
They have not yet identified what the technical problems are
So if they end up being right, it is just pure chance
And most of the time they are wrong, very wrong.
I would not be surprised if the border wall design came out of the TRIZ process
Because it includes some absolutely BRILLIANT passive motion detection capabilities.
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/engineering-systems-division/esd-34-system-architecture-january-iap-2007/lecture-notes/creativity_wkshp.pdf
http://www.insightcentre.com/triz.html