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Steve jobs said something like: You can only connect the dots looking backwards. I've found that to be true in many ways. If you look at any success story, it u
by chillacy 11y ago
Steve jobs said something like: You can only connect the dots looking backwards. I've found that to be true in many ways. If you look at any success story, it usually involves many degrees of luck, chance, crazy coincidence, etc. From business stories, to how you met your closest friends, or even your significant other.
Of course, this is survivorship bias, and we're constantly missing great opportunities every day.. but it's still interesting how things turn out.
- agumonkey 11y agoBut there's a metalevel theory there. After spending years failing to learn music, I finally hit a few sweet spots. I couldn't be more wrong before. But knowing how failing can lead to knowing, how being wrong helps you map the possible space to home in the right leads you to a very different approach on discovery.