✨ Where great ideas come from
by Tejas Gawande · updated 9d ago
✨ Where great ideas come from
by Tejas Gawande · updated 9d ago
Tejas Gawande added 9d ago
Luxury software. In the world of luxury software, designers will shift from being “interface builders” to “software artists.”
Great ideas come from stretching our imagination and focusing on the core need. How can we improve performance for people who spend the most time doing X or care about how they are perceived doing X?
Tejas Gawande added 9d ago
AI might drive growth of more 'artisanal entrepreneurs'
Tejas Gawande added 11d ago
Steve Jobs, on Microsoft:
The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste, and I don’t mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don’t think of original ideas, and they don’t bring much culture into their product.
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Tejas Gawande added 14d ago
Exception people did some kind of cognitive apprenticeships in their teenage.
Aristocratic tutoring was not focused on measurables. Historically, it usually involved a paid adult tutor, who was an expert in the field, spending significant time with a young child or teenager, instructing them but also engaging them in discussions, often in a live-in capacity, fostering both knowledge but also engagement with intellectual subj... See more
Tejas Gawande added 14d ago
Exceptional people were heavily tutored 1-on-1 (Not just regular tutoring). Helping another person grow rapidly requires a deep and delicate bond.
Tejas Gawande added 14d ago
Exception people in their childhood had time to roam about and relied heavily on self-directed learning
Tejas Gawande added 14d ago
The adults had high expectations of the children; they assumed they had the capacity to understand complex topics, and therefore invited them into serious conversations and meaningful work, believing them capable of growing competent rapidly.