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I can't find the source right now, but I remember reading a paper where it was assessed that a new technology needs to be roughly twice as good as what it's rep
by mixmax 17y ago
I can't find the source right now, but I remember reading a paper where it was assessed that a new technology needs to be roughly twice as good as what it's replacing if it is to be successful due to the inertia the post describes.
The post also makes you realise that marketing and evangelizing is a very important aspect of doing a startup, especially if your product is groundbreaking and threatening to the status qou.
- tehgeekmeister 17y agoit'd be really interesting to see that paper, or even get a bit more information about where you think you saw it/what discipline it was in/etc., so i could find it myself.
- shalmanese 17y agoThe first comment in the post references that paper: http://blog.figuringshitout.com/technological-progress-happens-via-simulated-annealing/#comment-34329589 http://blog.figuringshitout.com/technological-progress-happe...