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    John Backus‏ @backus Jun 18

    Yes! I want more narrative about incrementalism behind innovation. "The story that is usually told about influential creators is that they had a predestined vision, but from talking to Andy it's clear that it felt very different from the inside."https://youtu.be/RLF7yfXFmUk?t=6m3s …

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      2. Autumnal Misha‏ @drethelin Jun 18
        Replying to @backus

        Iteration is consistently undervalued in the popular images of modern creators. At some point the story Edison trying hundreds of filament materials or the Wright’s years of experimentation got less popular than Tesla’s never-implemented strokes of genius.

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      3. Autumnal Misha‏ @drethelin Jun 18
        Replying to @drethelin @backus

        People ask the question “how did you invent this?” But no one wants to hear “well I tried literally 10,000 different combinations of materials and configurations for 3 years”

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      4. John Backus‏ @backus Jun 18
        Replying to @drethelin

        Yeah. It is blinding too if you try to figure out how a market arrived at a product and don't account for all of the survivorship bias. I think software has incrementalism as an industry narrative (agile, lean startups) but it isn't part of the historical narrative AFAICT.

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      5. 𝕋𝕖𝕕 ℂ. 𝕋𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕣 𝕁𝕣.‏ @tctjr Jun 18
        Replying to @backus @drethelin

        Not sure if you have read “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions” by Kuhn but gives insight into thinking. AFAIAC - software is the greatest human endeavor - there have been eureka code moments but alignment within the industry is iterative. Execution and Timing.

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      6. John Backus‏ @backus Jun 18
        Replying to @tctjr @drethelin

        Interesting! Will add it to my list

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      1. Bjørn Erik Pedersen‏ @bepsays Jun 18
        Replying to @backus

        It's a really interesting interview, and great to hear Andy's thoughts on this on camera. But don't forget, he has documented that incremental process in writing: http://www.folklore.org/ 

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