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A 2007 survey of 1300 U.S. cell phone users found that only 6% planned on buying an iPhone and 67% said there was zero chance they’d consider buying. The product was widely mocked and derided by journalists and tech execs at Blackberry, Motorola, Microsoft, and beyond.

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What parts had promise? Carry them forward. What parts failed? Rework them. Stop writing first drafts. Start iterating. That’s the difference between winning and losing.

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Interesting to read that @scottbelsky challenges himself to notice what ISN'T being discussed at conferences Chimes with something @dharmesh said recently—that the opportunity in AI is whatever it CAN'T do today People who build the future don't just conjure it out of thin air, they find it by noticing the gaps in the present Source = Implications newsletter:

To stay creative as an expert you need to frequently disrupt your thinking. One great way to do this is to consider how you can blend your field of expertise with another. The story of Moneyball is a good example. In 2002, Sabermetrics was revealed to be the "next thing" and was the product of combining baseball with statistics. In classic fashion, many baseball experts thought the idea was dumb and pushed back against it.

@ActionDigest @scottbelsky to what extent do you think this applies to LLMs and creativity?

Most experts in a given field tend to know all there is to know about what has already happened, and yet are entirely wrong about what will happen next.