People hear your idea through their own history

  • People hear your idea through their own history
    • What they've already tried. What disappointed them. What's currently broken in their life. What they're ready to believe.
    • There is no single clean explanation that works for everyone. The version that makes it click for you won't be the one that makes it click for me.
    • Here's the tension: The most valuable thing to build is a system. The easiest thing to understand is a tool.
    • Systems require patience and perspective. Tools are obvious and immediate.
    • We're trying to build systems in a world trained to look for tools.