But as Christensen has asserted in the quote above, and as Chris Dixon has often suggested, for those of us founders and investors involved in the so-called world of "innovation"- it makes sense to pay attention to how distinct communities spend their time on nights and weekends.
The new directives are aimed at three distinct areas of spending.
In terms of the immediate future, "I thought there was a distinct possibility that spending cuts and tax increases might stall the economy," he said.
"Looking at the graph, the effects of Black Friday last year resulted in much weaker pre-Christmas and Boxing Day sales and, not only that, retailers actually saw a distinct lull in spending during early December as consumers waited for the next round of bargains to hit the shelves," he added.
The answer, it transpires, is to promise a quite distinct increase in NHS spending, and cheekily slap an entirely misleading "Brought to You By Brexit!" sticker on the side.
Established chains find it easier than parents to rustle up funding from philanthropists, from banks to construct new schools and refurbish existing ones: a distinct asset when public spending is squeezed.
You could have imagined Mr. Obama's explaining then that the country had to respond in two related but distinct ways: first by spending hundreds of billions of dollars in the short term to avoid a depression, and second by making a series of large-scale investments over time that would modernize the foundation of the economy.
Addressing activists, Mr Clegg said the Lib Dems' role in the coalition government did "not tie its hands" when it came to the next election and it would advocate distinct policies on taxation, spending, housing and employment.
Thanks to invitations from two generous friends, I had the distinct delight last week of spending consecutive musical nights at the magnificent new Alice Tully Hall.
