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Re:How to Decide What to Build by kenny87 on Friday April 13, 2018 @11:05AM (#16830619)
Your point about shovels reminds me of something Alan Kay said about human universals. That is if you want to make a lot of money take one of the top 20 human universals and build a technological amplifier for them.

Link: https://www.fastcompany.com/40435064/what-alan-kay-thinks-ab...

Re:How to Decide What to Build by pryelluw on Friday April 13, 2018 @11:45AM (#16831095)
Thank you for posting that link.
Re:How to Decide What to Build by infinite8s on Friday April 13, 2018 @02:29PM (#16832644)
And Alan Kay's response to that article:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15268510

Re:How to Decide What to Build by pryelluw on Friday April 13, 2018 @03:09PM (#16833031)
Wow, thank you for sharing the link.