(via The Most Magical Event in Twitter History Just Happened)
Could not have asked for a better start to my morning
“People who create great experiences will be the most valuable to startups, and startups that create great experiences will be the most valuable to users.” — The experience economy—Chris Dixon
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If the idea of self-limiting tools seems antithetical to technology and capitalism, let me suggest that we already build them. A search engine is a self-limiting tool. As is an online dating site. When these tools succeed, people leave the site. Video games and TVs, on the other hand, are self-reinforcing. Their use doesn’t lead to disuse; their use leads to more use.
The more self-reinforcing a tool is, the more we likely we are to use it at our own expense. On the other hand, the more self-limiting a tool is, the more likely it is to die out.
The key is to find the balance.
” —Natural Limits - Sep Kamvar
I’m a massive fan of (self) limitation/constraints as I find them tremendously useful in many aspects of life. This well written piece struck a chord with me. HT @aweissman for the discovery.
“History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man” — Percy Bysshe Shelley