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The author paints a picture of a world of absolutes, of only black and white. I tend to see from experience that a vast grey area exists in the definition of wh
by partingshots 8y ago
The author paints a picture of a world of absolutes, of only black and white. I tend to see from experience that a vast grey area exists in the definition of what it means to “innovate”.
Instead of putting down and sneering at Alphabet’s attempt to build and create, why not try to offer some constructive feedback instead if you believe what they’re doing really is so flawed. This pessimism and cynicism that seems to emanate towards those who attempt to take risks and try new things always has greatly perplexed me.
- taeric 8y agoI think the suggestions were essentially not to conflate "moonshots" with innovations. If you are planning big things, you can't do that around scientific innovation. Those don't happen on schedule. Instead, big things are done by pushing the limits of what you know. Some innovations may come out of them, but they were not accounted for in the planning. That is, it wasn't sneering at the attempt to build and create, per se. But it was saying that this is not at all the same as what the Apollo missions were. There are some hints at similarities, but by and large, they did go against much of the idea of incremental innovations. So, are they impressive? Yes. Absolutely. Fun even. But if you are going to set your sights on something big, you will have to spend an absurd amount of money. Near bankrupting levels of it, for most people. Similarly, if you want to succeed, you can't bank on innovations. Eventually, you'll fail to hit an innovation and will be in trouble. Instead, spend the effort to mitigate known failures and build towards milestones.