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> While Blizzard’s early games had been far more successful than expected, that just raised expectations for future growth. Why does this always seem to be the
by mysterydip 4y ago
> While Blizzard’s early games had been far more successful than expected, that just raised expectations for future growth.
Why does this always seem to be the case? If someone sets a world record in sprinting, we don't expect them to exceed it every year. Yet in business, if you pull a miracle in the 11th hour at your job, that becomes your new baseline next time reviews come around.
- bagacrap 4y agowe do expect humans to keep getting faster and faster for some reason, so we are expecting nutritionists and coaches to continually improve and move their baseline
- origin_path 4y agoSprinting is clearly limited by physics and biology, but for mind work it's unclear where the limits to experience and learning are. Is there such a thing as the 10x programmer? Or is it even 100x? These things are all highly debatable.