Large and small are fuzzy metrics. A subset of non binary thinking (see Kosko, the model of probability and the hypercube, etc). "Jeremy is short," well - to a 5'0 person, I'm freaking tall.
To Yao Ming, I'm short. Trouble is, we each of us technologists tend towards introversion (been struggling since...well, take my age and then subtract however many years my communication skills were less than stellar).
Ever try to raise money for an idea based on numbers? It's like trying to land a date based on the size of your...real estate. Sooner or later, another yutz shows up, plops his drink on the counter and announces that the yacht he just stepped off was twice the size of yours.
Ya, it's never a fun game because it necessitates that binary outcome. Suffice to say good tools in the wrong hands can still be used to chop off your own feet if you don't pay attention.
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Large and small are fuzzy metrics. A subset of non binary thinking (see Kosko, the model of probability and the hypercube, etc). "Jeremy is short," well - to a 5'0 person, I'm freaking tall.
To Yao Ming, I'm short. Trouble is, we each of us technologists tend towards introversion (been struggling since...well, take my age and then subtract however many years my communication skills were less than stellar).
Ever try to raise money for an idea based on numbers? It's like trying to land a date based on the size of your...real estate. Sooner or later, another yutz shows up, plops his drink on the counter and announces that the yacht he just stepped off was twice the size of yours.
Ya, it's never a fun game because it necessitates that binary outcome. Suffice to say good tools in the wrong hands can still be used to chop off your own feet if you don't pay attention.