Abstraction
topic on 4 shows · 5 statements across 4 episodes
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5 statements about Abstraction, every show
The human brain retains images and specific moments, not abstractions
“The human brain actually doesn't care about abstractions. It doesn't store them. In fact, the human brain stores images, stories, specific moments.”
Shah: Systems thinking and abstractions retain timeless engineering value
“I think there's going to be timeless value in systems thinking and abstractions and what that means and whether functions manifested as math, which he's going to get exposed to regardless, or there are some core primitives to the universe. I think that the mor…”
Tversky: Applying abstractions to instances is harder than forming abstractions
“It's hard to go from abstractions to instances. It's even hard to go from instances to abstractions, but probably from abstractions to instances is even harder.”
Parrish: Consuming other people's abstractions creates the illusion of knowledge
“I think of consuming other people's abstractions as the illusion of knowledge. I'm the line cook, not the chef, right?”
Evans: Apple's disruption strategy relies on aggressive technical abstraction
“Apple's approach to this, which is again, deeply disruptive, is to say, no, that's not how it should work. How it should work is, A normal person should be able to use it without having to know those things. And those things will be abstracted away, and you wi…”