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SpicyLemonZestyesterday at 10:35 PM1 replyview on HN

Almost any useful innovation is going to have a right tail of people who overhype it. They shouldn't, and I wish they wouldn't. But if your strategy for evaluating new ideas is to find the biggest sources of hype and fact check them, you're going to systematically undervalue innovation.


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6510yesterday at 11:56 PM

The problem is that many care more about presentation than substance. The irony gets overwhelming where boring is usually the best solution and the least exciting.