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> Ideas are the only thing of fundamental value to us as an intelligent species. I'm not arguing that execution has no value. Obviously ideas, particularly bus
by jnicholasp 10y ago
> Ideas are the only thing of fundamental value to us as an intelligent species.
I'm not arguing that execution has no value. Obviously ideas, particularly business/startup ideas, must be acted on effectively in order to become real. But: ideas are logically prior to execution; the ability to conceive of abstract ideas is a far larger developmental step than is the subsequent ability to act on those ideas; and being able to have abstract ideas is the thing that most definitively separates homo sapiens from all other species on Earth.
- MaxfordAndSons 10y agoI agree with what you're saying here, but the argument isn't about the the value of ideas with regards to our species's success, but rather about the value of ideas with regards to a given businesses's success.
- jnicholasp 10y agoThe original argument was about business success, and that's what my original comment was mostly about. But the reply to my original comment that I was replying to here, seemed to be taking the argument toward the general success of our species, and that's what I was responding to (although I did note even within that context how it related to business success).