July 3, 2008
Heuristics for this discussion
- The more expert you are in the area that somebody else is talking about, the more likely they are to be wrong.
- The more expert you are in the area that somebody else is talking about, the less likely you are to recognise when you’re wrong.
- When somebody else talks about how technology is going to change everything, start with the assumption that they’re wrong and go from there.
My reason for posting these will become clear in the next post, probably.
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