The Feedback Tradeoff
Henry Ford said:
"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."
Y Combinator disagrees:
“Talk to your users.”
Leber • The Feedback Tradeoff
A tradeoff occurs every time you get feedback. You become slightly more mainstream, slightly more aligned with the zeitgeist. You become marginally more of an exploiter than an explorer , standing on the shoulders of the giants who conceived the paradigm you’re striving to build upon. This is very effective when you want to align your work with oth... See more
Leber • The Feedback Tradeoff
great observation. some of the best ideas and revolutionary scientists came from people that were insulated from others’ feedback