3 ms·
Many, if not the majority, of people do believe ideas are worthless because they've not put the time or effort required into refining ideas to a nuanced level.
by loceng 13y ago
Many, if not the majority, of people do believe ideas are worthless because they've not put the time or effort required into refining ideas to a nuanced level. Once you hear an idea, and it sounds simple and good - then hey, simple idea, anyone could come up with that - they'll very often seem obvious too.
Anyhow. What's actually more important relating to ideas is if you've discovered a market that has needs to be met, and there's an opening and opportunity to meet those needs. It's very possible ConnectU would have been the platform we'd all be using - or a variation if they decided to later update the name - instead of Facebook, if Mark Zuckerberg hadn't been dishonest with them for the purpose of launching first.
- jules 13y agoSoftware is just ideas that are refined in full detail. Nobody would claim that the value in software is because of physically typing in code; the value is in the ideas that preceded the typing. So to claim that ideas are worthless without qualification is indeed ludicrous. What people usually mean when they say this is that abstract, unrefined ideas are worthless.
- loceng 13y agoI'm not so sure this would hold if you applied it to real-life circumstances. I could be telling you an "end point" idea - which only would have come from all of the refinement, even if the idea itself encompasses a large scope. Not trying to start an argument, I just don't think most people who say "ideas are worthless" have really thought through this statement..
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]