Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Black Swan (№ 258174)

Almost all modern technological breakthroughs - the creation of what is called the word Serendipity. This term was first used in a letter to the English writer Horace Walpole, while under the influence of the fairy tale "Three princes of Serendip". These illustrious princes "by accident or their own savvy are constantly committing open, finding what was looking for."