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There's a corollary to your last paragraph: Failing to recognize the limitations of an idea or technology is the #1 way innovators, inventors and startups succ
by kqr 4y ago
There's a corollary to your last paragraph:
Failing to recognize the limitations of an idea or technology is the #1 way innovators, inventors and startups succeed, too!
Every innovator I've talked to, when I asked them, "if you knew ahead of time all the problems with your original idea, would you have gone through the trouble?", all answer pretty much the same way: The only reason they saw it through was that at any point, they thought "That's gotta be the worst part. Now how hard can the rest of it really be?"
- tromp 4y agoOne fine example of persistence in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges paying off is ASML development of EUV [1] [2] [3]. [1] https://www.wired.com/story/asml-extreme-ultraviolet-lithography-chips-moores-law/ https://www.wired.com/story/asml-extreme-ultraviolet-lithogr... [2] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/23/inside-asml-the-company-advanced-chipmakers-use-for-euv-lithography.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/23/inside-asml-the-company-adva... [3] https://www.asml.com/en/news/stories https://www.asml.com/en/news/stories