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You shouldn't fabricate a screwdriver! You should fabricate a screwdriver building factory http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?joel.3.219431....
You shouldn't fabricate a screwdriver building factory! you should fabricate a tool fabrication factory factory!
At least in my own experience, engineers tend to solve problems by building things to solve the problems. Sometimes the answer is to remove parts until those problems don't exist.
A nice point, but isn't this post a bit hollow? After all, you'd expect someone like Seth Godin to put forward a well-supported argument about a radically new approach (new hammer) and its benefits?
FWIW, I think the point wasn't to suggest that there is some new hammer; just that you should be aware that there's a very high chance you're not seeing a bigger picture due to confirmation bias or whatever.
The key skills is being able to tell when you're stuck using hammer because it's what you're familiar with, and he doesn't discuss that at all.
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>> A nice point, but isn't this post a bit hollow? It is, but I find all of Seth's posts are this way. He is good at formulating ideas which seems obvious after you read them. ;-) But I don't consider him being some deep thinker who could put forward some "radically new approach".
It is astrology for intellectuals.