to get good at something, have a mix of spaces where - one has to invent the thing from scratch - developed versions of the thing are normal
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eg: having a bunch of data you want to sort, trying to do it quickly vs. being around people who know and are good at algorithms
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or: trying to be fashionable in an unfashionable city. then moving to a fashionable city.
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interesting that they coexist so often and developed space doesn't kill the amateur space. Overlapping fitness function regimes
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definitely. i think it's partly bc people encounter problems separately from encountering solutions to them.
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related: lean startup says build products by identifying proto-customers in enuf pain that they're jury-rigging makeshift solns
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there's even a 5 level customer segmentation model somewhere, ranging from 'unaware of problem' to 'improvising solution'.
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