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Published · transcript-backedJeff Holmes: preference
29 Dec 2021 Conversations with Tyler Conversations with Tyler 2021 Retrospective
“I think that if you’re doing something that’s never been done before, you have to be very humble, recognizing that you don’t know what the right thing to do is, but also nobody else does.”
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- Jeff Holmes
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- Recorded
- 29 Dec 2021
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…But his earnestness comes through, as indeed it did on that podcast, and he may be underrating how much other people value his earnestness. All right, two for two. Here’s the third one. “The instrument that I play is really just dialogue and discourse. I’ve got a strongly evolutionary mindset and this notion of emergence. I think that if you’re doing something that’s never been done before, you have to be very humble, recognizing that you don’t know what the right thing to do is, but also nobody else does. In that milieu, you need to create a culture where people are willing to say things and be wrong so that others can say other things, and over time, whatever is right can emerge.” I’ve no idea. Noubar Afeyan?…
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