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Making things people want vs. making things that alter thinking

I recently rewrote the interests section of my blog to be more concise. The primary interest I wrote down was “making things that alter thinking at scale.” When I distilled what I believed to be one of my long-term goals I landed on that. Recently I thought about how this is both similar and different to YC’s goal of “Make something people want”. I find that successful startups do both. People want it and it changes the way people think.

The primary interest I wrote down was “making things that alter thinking at scale.” When I distilled what I believed to be one of my long-term goals I landed on that. This mental shift, however small, is what leads to mass adoption and users falling in love with your product. I think this shift in perspective could also help people escape tarpit ideas, as humans have a hard time figuring out what they actually want.

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