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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    1. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 15 Mar 2019
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      Patrick McKenzie Retweeted Visakan Veerasamy

      This is my problem with the “A bus. You have invented a bus.” meme, basically every time it is deployed. Many innovations worth doing were incremental innovations and they happened because someone put in the effing work. We should prefer not cutting down folks doing the work.https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1106494920838152192 …

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      Visakan Veerasamy @visakanv
      Replying to @visakanv @paulg @jiggityk
      So much so that if you make anything good in the world, someone will come along and say “well, but that’s obvious” after the fact
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    2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 15 Mar 2019
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      Additionally, as described, a lot of innovations which are not really incremental when viewed correctly will be recast as low-value incrementalism because folks who were in no way responsible for shipping them underestimate the complexity of doing so.

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      Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 15 Mar 2019
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      (I also fundamentally disagree with the value system which privileges Big Inventions over incremental innovation but will acknowledge that this aesthetic preference is not widely shared in the US, and convincing people to reshape their aesthetic preferences is a Hard Project.)

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        1. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 15 Mar 2019
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          (Seriously the tech industry needs to fund a hundred Social Networks that glamorize e.g. factory line optimization, applied research, developer tool chain maintenance, etc. I am dead serious: there’s a number that makes the next Peter Parker drink Coke or be in network ops.)

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        2. Thomas "If in doubt, don't go out" Clarke‏ @deworde 15 Mar 2019
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          On the other hand, by comparing it to existing technology/infrastructure, those willing to put in the work can better assess both its value and its flaws, especially compared to simply putting the same funding into the existing network.

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        3. Thomas "If in doubt, don't go out" Clarke‏ @deworde 15 Mar 2019
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          e.g. Once you see the hyperloop or the connecto-cars or "SmartDrive8.2" as equivalent to a bus, you can assess: 1) What the equivalent amount of money in taxes would do to the state/national transport system. 2) What distinguishes it from a bus that makes it worth doing.

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        1. KimSia Sim  🇸🇬 💻 📗‏ @KimStacks 15 Mar 2019
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          I probably disagree abt the non wide acceptance part. I actually think USA cultural DNA is a main reason why USA tends to produce disruptive innovation. A opposite example where incremental innovation thrives would be, say, Germany

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