But then the whole sector is fed and reinforced on story telling and substance get produced but pop tech driven by fads. I don't want to be on a timeline where we distract each other and ourselves with frivolity. Let's solve real problems, not blow smoke.
1) I think more business relationships are two adversarial. And big companies get big to own their supply chain, including labor. If we were nicer to each other, paid better overall and were dependable partners, many things could get farmed out to other orgs.
We need an economic model that isn't in a war with itself.
2) Sales folks, the story tellers get too much money, make it big, become VCs, only see themselves in the world. Funding for folks creating the future should be predicated on the whims of this weird positive feedback loop.
In this way, storytelling isn't fundamental. Storytelling is an exploit. It's how you break a thing. Storytelling is the bad data you have to test against, the overflow you have to trap.
Nobody ever said stories are GOOD.
Stories are BAD. (thanks to Terry Pratchett, well known for telling cautionary tales)
The measure becomes the target [1] and now the entire product is just a story. But not in an accidental way, if you can sell the snake oil to your customers and your funders in an obvious way, you don't have to do the rest.
Our tech bubble is overfitting. Selecting for characteristics that don't affect the outcome we claim we want.
I am not anti-story. But in the context of startups and investors, stories can't be the only thing we have. If we cross the great filter, maybe someday we can go back to a mostly stories reality. Hopefully.
1) I think more business relationships are two adversarial. And big companies get big to own their supply chain, including labor. If we were nicer to each other, paid better overall and were dependable partners, many things could get farmed out to other orgs.
We need an economic model that isn't in a war with itself.
2) Sales folks, the story tellers get too much money, make it big, become VCs, only see themselves in the world. Funding for folks creating the future should be predicated on the whims of this weird positive feedback loop.