Without understanding the past, your worldview shrinks to ‘what’s my competitor doing?’
Per usual, @ivanhzhao nails it.
Bring in humanity (history, other disciplines) and suddenly the canvas gets must larger.
Link to the full episode in the comments 👇
“Tech is largely a [...] tinkerer culture.
It's not even science, it's tinkering. In science at least you respect the history. If we ask people who Douglas Engelbart or Alan Kay the computing pioneers are, most people in tech have no idea.
So tech is like an industry that doesn't know its past. If you don't know your past, you don't know history, which is humanity. Your point of view is like what's in front of you, what is your competitor doing.
Versus if you bring in humanity, you have all other disciplines around you. You have all the history behind you. There's way more good stuff you can steal.” - @ivanhzhao
