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A gem form the LessWrong community: 'Humans are not automatically strategic.'
"A large majority of otherwise smart people spend time doing semi-productive things, when there are massively productive opportunities untapped." https://t.co/5eR7t5YXLN
Apple encourages big thinking but small everything else.
Ken Segall • Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success
“The nature of life is change and the nature of people is to resist change.”
Lori Gottlieb • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
If you're small, you're in a position where it's to your advantage to be weird—you can have a point of view that the big tech companies never could. In the world of chairs—you're not going to build a cheaper chair than Ikea. Why not build something they couldn't—like a more interesting one?
(Not Boring) Software Inc. • No More Boring Apps | (Not Boring) Software
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
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