magnetic idea
New discoveries often have to be conceived initially as variations of existing things,
even by their discoverers
, because there isn't yet the conceptual vocabulary to express them.
even by their discoverers
, because there isn't yet the conceptual vocabulary to express them.
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
If you invent something new, you must also invent the language that allows others to talk about it.
ChatGPT
Because high-resonance storytelling takes precedence over originality. After all, you’ll rarely change someone’s life by telling them something new, but you can deeply affect them by saying something they know to be true so well that it compels them to finally confront it.
Julian Shapiro • Highlights 🥑 Why Your Ideas Are So Bad
When people resonate with what you create, it means you’ve correctly diagnosed and articulated a collective idea. Successful writing is the arbitrage of capturing people’s ideas and communicating it to them before they are aware of it themselves.