transmit nowhere

marketing and media make it difficult for me to focus on things that don’t exist yet. the more i see things that exist or things that are being made, the harder it is to think of new things, fresh things, that aren’t yet in existence.

i think partly because i get excited about what i see coming to market. and partly because the more you see the way other people think thinsg are, the more you become convinced that’s the path to go.

i think that’s why there are so few revolutionary shifts in already existing technologies. the ones that do exist do so in the realm of art.

“By inverting this list, we can get a portrait of the “normal” world. It’s populated by people who talk a lot with one another as they work slowly but harmoniously on conservative, expensive projects whose destinations are decided in advance, and who carefully adjust their manner to reflect their position in the hierarchy.”

http://www.paulgraham.com/kate.html