Thursday, May 07, 2026

On "๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Innovation" as an Important Theory: ๐—” ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ

 On "๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Innovation" as an Important Theory: ๐—” ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ

๐—”: "What exactly is so innovative about the ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป idea? You can only attack a market from the high end or the low end. Inevitably, some attacks come from the low end. They start with lower quality and improve as they scale. That is basic mechanics. How is this 'evolutionary'?"

๐—•: "Well, it’s been awarded prizes and compared to the ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป...by Clayton Christensen himself"

๐—”: "In the same league? Let me give you a Computer Science equivalency. It would be like awarding a grand prize to a paper that says: 'Operating systems have two types: those with a GUI and those without. Future competitors will use a GUI.'"

๐—•: "As opposed to... actual engineering?"

๐—”: "๐—˜๐—ซ๐—”๐—–๐—ง๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ. Compare that to database researchers using sophisticated algorithms to eke out a 5% improvement in real-time streaming, or theoretical papers with mathematics so complex only a genius can parse them. Awarding 'Disruption' a top academic prize is like giving the ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ to ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ or the ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ to ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ. It’s the wrong prize for the wrong game."

๐—•: "Wow. ๐—œ. ๐——๐—œ๐——. ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ง. ๐—ž๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช. ๐—œ๐—ง. ๐—ช๐—”๐—ฆ. LIKE. ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ. The Emperor has fewer clothes than advertised.