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Human progress dictates we "stand on the shoulders of giants," but it's also important to remember that sometimes, we need to fall off of the shoulders of short people who just couldn't hold us up.

In "When Design Goes Bad: Lessons from some spectacular product flops," the WSJ looks at missteps made by Apple, GM, Dean Kamen, and others, reminding us that "by remembering some of the most spectacular flops of recent decades, the next generation of designers has a better chance of succeeding where their predecessors failed."