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“One of the big barriers with computers today is certainly the physical interface, but this isn’t a technology problem,” he says. “The bigger part of it is just in finding the right ways of thinking, finding the right representations of abstractions, so people can think thoughts that they couldn’t think before.
“The example I like to give is back in the days of Roman numerals, basic multiplication was considered this incredibly technical concept that only official mathematicians could handle,” he continues. “But then once Arabic numerals came around, you could actually do arithmetic on paper, and we found that 7-year-olds can understand multiplication. It’s not that multiplication itself was difficult. It was just that the representation of numbers — the interface — was wrong.”
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The types of inputs for product decisions and the need for finding a balance based on context:
Key inputs for product decisions:
1. Data
2. Customer feedback
3. Technical effort
4. Strategy
5. Industry landscape
6. Instinct
Rely heavily on 1-3?
Can move fast, but often too incremental.
Rely heavily on 4-6?
Can make big impact, but often fail prematurely.
Hence, balance.
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62. Laughter and anxiety are two sides of the same coin. (h/t Alan Watts). It’s okay to be anxious about stuff. Saying “don’t be anxious!!” typically has the opposite effect. But if you can find a way to laugh, the anxiety usually dissipates. One must imagine Sisyphus LOL-ing
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