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Misleading headline. From the article: >"People in Silicon Valley," says Arthur, "knew a lot about this phenomenon intuitively. But nobody had really written a
by fnovd 10y ago
Misleading headline. From the article:
>"People in Silicon Valley," says Arthur, "knew a lot about this phenomenon intuitively. But nobody had really written about it clearly."
- sp332 10y agoIf someone is only described as having popularized an idea, that usually means they didn't invent it.
- fnovd 10y agoTitle: W. Brian Arthur popularized an economic theory that changed Silicon Valley My interpretation: Mr. Arthur popularized an idea and in doing so shared it with the technologists in Silicon Valley, who applied it to their work. Truth: Mr. Arthur put to words a phenomenon that was incidentally also observed in Silicon Valley. The misleading part being the assumed causation, i.e. if it weren't for Mr. Arthur popularizing the idea, the Valley wouldn't look like it does today.
- caseysoftware 10y agoSometimes a clear explanation is the most important part. It gives people a common frame of reference and lets them have the next conversation. For example, this is why Design Patterns are so powerful. When I say MVC or Active Record, most developers have a good handle on what I mean so now we can skip the "what" and get to the "how" in a fraction of the time.
- qwrusz 10y agoI agree with you. Misleading article titles are a big pet peeve, but this is not as bad some of the clickbait out there. I think another interpretation could be: By popularizing this idea outside of SV it changed SV. As the general population, as well as future entrepreneurs entering SV, do change SV too. For example the dot.com bubble and its subsequent bursting changed SV via popularizing outside of SV something that was clearly misunderstood.