
A Land Without Giants

Every young person (and plenty of non-young people), trying to strike gold and solve problems, is architecting themselves after a dominant personality of our field.
These archetypes equally modeled themselves off of someone else that inspired them. Steve was obsessed with Edwin Land, the founder of Polaroid. He would even take the “intersection of t... See more
These archetypes equally modeled themselves off of someone else that inspired them. Steve was obsessed with Edwin Land, the founder of Polaroid. He would even take the “intersection of t... See more
Reggie James • A Land Without Giants
It’s critical to the mythology of the hero’s journey to establish the origin point, and like many in tech, our hero’s tend to venture West. Many American heroes have this in common.
Searching for folks with differentiating origin points, life journeys, developmental triumphs and failures → will lead us to new archetypes.
The new question becomes: w... See more
Searching for folks with differentiating origin points, life journeys, developmental triumphs and failures → will lead us to new archetypes.
The new question becomes: w... See more