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That’s because your sidewalk is bad. People want to follow the optimal route *for them. They don’t care about your ideals. These shortcuts are called desire paths.[64](private://read/01kdfwzjzyb4s7z0dyt8tsd4pg/backmatter003.xhtml#foot-64) They tell you how people want* to use the system.
If people don’t use your abstraction, it’s the wrong abstraction.
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Every month, visit China.
Everything there changes so fast that if you miss more than a month, you’ll be out of touch.
Every year, visit Singapore, Jakarta, Addis Ababa, Lagos, Mumbai, Ho Chi Minh City, and Silicon Valley.
Each is creating the future in very different ways.
We think it’s better to present ideas in bold strokes than to be wishy-washy about it. If that comes off as cocky or arrogant, so be it. We’d rather be provocative than water everything down with “it depends…”
Getting Real - The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application
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