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Apparently, once this made the rounds, other people realized that customers were willing to pay for something so rough and dirty, and so why not create such a s
by petercooper 9y ago
Apparently, once this made the rounds, other people realized that customers were willing to pay for something so rough and dirty, and so why not create such a service themselves?
This idea of getting "permission" to do things after seeing someone else do it crops up in my thoughts a lot. A lot of new fads in technology aren't necessarily that novel in any technical sense but are simply people realizing it's OK to cut a corner, "misuse" something, or otherwise take an unorthodox approach.
- Regardsyjc 9y agoI think this idea might be mimetic theory, possibly one of Peter Thiel's secrets, that people are mimetic and simply copy one another thus leading to competition. Another related idea might be blue ocean strategy which is basically similar to Peter Thiel's zero to one, on innovation.