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In this way, storytelling isn't fundamental. Storytelling is an exploit. It's how you break a thing. Storytelling is the bad data you have to test against, the
by Applejinx 5y ago
In this way, storytelling isn't fundamental. Storytelling is an exploit. It's how you break a thing. Storytelling is the bad data you have to test against, the overflow you have to trap.
Nobody ever said stories are GOOD.
Stories are BAD. (thanks to Terry Pratchett, well known for telling cautionary tales)
- sitkack 5y agoThe measure becomes the target [1] and now the entire product is just a story. But not in an accidental way, if you can sell the snake oil to your customers and your funders in an obvious way, you don't have to do the rest. Our tech bubble is overfitting. Selecting for characteristics that don't affect the outcome we claim we want. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law
- kragen 5y agoStories are good. They are an important, if imperfect, way we perceive reality.
- sitkack 5y agoI am not anti-story. But in the context of startups and investors, stories can't be the only thing we have. If we cross the great filter, maybe someday we can go back to a mostly stories reality. Hopefully.