Invention
topic on 4 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
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Lenny's Podcast 
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4 statements about Invention, every show
Hoffman: Invention requires pursuing positive outcomes, not just eliminating risks
“You can't just go, well, if I eliminate all the bad, then the good will happen. That's not actually, in fact, how a journey and a creation and invention happens. It's a going towards something.”
Maples: True inventions come from hands-on tinkering at the edge, not visionary foresight
“A lot of people tend to think visionaries, it's like they have a special pair of binoculars and they can look out farther than the rest of us can. But in my experience, that's not how inventions really happen. The way inventions happen is People get their hand…”
Ridley: Innovation is harder and more important than initial invention
“I want to talk about innovation, which is the process by which a bright idea is turned into something practical, reliable, and available, and affordable for ordinary people. And that's a long slog, and it's a lot of hard work, and it's often more important, mo…”