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As expected, another amazing post by Eugene. This might be the best sentence: > One of my favorite heuristics for spotting flaws in a system is to look at thos
by simonebrunozzi 5y ago
As expected, another amazing post by Eugene. This might be the best sentence:
> One of my favorite heuristics for spotting flaws in a system is to look at those trying to break it.
I use this "technique" quite often and I kind of think of it as a secret mini-weapon, and I loved seeing it mentioned here.
- shoto_io 5y agoCan you elaborate on your secret? ;-) maybe give an example?
- Jemaclus 5y agoOne example might be influencers buying followers. If simply paying money for bots (or people?) to follow you is enough to create "influence," then that may be a flaw in the system.
- simonebrunozzi 5y agoI thought it was quite clear: look at people trying to break a system, it highlights flaws in the system.
- jimkleiber 5y agoAnother social media example might be finstas, where people create a separate private IG account to complement their public IG account because IG has binary privacy settings: either public or private.
- pferde 5y agoYet another example could be people making a path across a lawn over time because existing paths are insufficient, and they prefer to take a shortcut.
- dapids 5y agoSo basically "you spot flaws in systems by watching people break them". Uh -- duh! Some revelation ... I don't think something that is common knowledge is a secret weapon, but to each their own I guess.
- jimkleiber 5y agoWhen I worked in innovation consulting, we used to look for "workarounds" that people would do to find their unmet needs and desires. Seems like a similar concept. I'm glad he mentioned it and that you mentioned him mentioning it :-)