Better vs Different

Is this better, or is it just different? This is a question I keep coming back to. One example of this is the light switch. In the 80s, people tried to invent a better light switch. The Clapper fascinated me as a kid. This was a lamp that was activated by clapping to turn it on or off. There were also touch activated lamps where you would touch the base to turn them on or off. Both were different…