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I upvoted this so hard. I agree there is a very large snarky dick contingent on HN who pollute potentially productive conversations with "What a stupid idea" t

I upvoted this so hard. I agree there is a very large snarky dick contingent on HN who pollute potentially productive conversations with "What a stupid idea" type of comments. (Unfortunately I think this is a symptom of the human race, not just HN.) However, there are some exceptionally bright people who hang out here who I would love to just brainstorm with--throw ideas out and see what happens. This site has an above-average level of these people I think. I would love to see or find a group of people who are just interested in getting together and banging heads together and see what comes out. Even if I have no interest in starting a new courier service or whatever, I find it quite enjoyable to take the lessons and skills that I've learned and apply them in a new problem space. I especially love hearing feedback on those ideas from people who've worked in those spaces. The most promising ideas are the ones that might sound dumb to someone entrenched in tradition.

SoftwarePatent 14y ago
> I would love to see or find a group of people who are just interested in getting together and banging heads together and see what comes out. Great idea! Something similar has actually happened, not with the HN community, but just a handpicked group of highly intelligent people put into a room together with the mission of coming up with innovative new ideas. It is described in this article. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_gladwell http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_...
robryan 14y ago
I agree. To take the courier example, you may not be interested in actually starting a courier but in going through the thought process of how a courier operates you might find a problem that they have which you or others could solve. In my dealing from couriers I get the impression a lot are using outdated software and inefficient processes, might be some disruption in that space.

SoftwarePatent 14y ago

> I would love to see or find a group of people who are just interested in getting together and banging heads together and see what comes out. Great idea! Something similar has actually happened, not with the HN community, but just a handpicked group of highly intelligent people put into a room together with the mission of coming up with innovative new ideas. It is described in this article. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_gladwell http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_...

robryan 14y ago

I agree. To take the courier example, you may not be interested in actually starting a courier but in going through the thought process of how a courier operates you might find a problem that they have which you or others could solve. In my dealing from couriers I get the impression a lot are using outdated software and inefficient processes, might be some disruption in that space.