I Don't Care What Airbnb is Doing
summary
Argues that copying Airbnb solves someone else’s problem not yours and pushes conventions over critical thinking. Recommends practical tools: keep a notes archive (morgue files, tagged text notes and a linking plugin), use zero‑based first‑principles thinking, and follow an evidence loop: search for evidence → explore/exploit → learn → iterate. Cites surprising benchmarks: “five users” usability rule, Elon Musk finding raw materials cut rocket cost by ~90% and Luhmann’s 70 books in 30 years as examples that specific investigation beats imitation.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:00Why work at a bank
- 2:02Responsive Design Workflow
- 5:56Painful Questions
- 13:13Design
- 14:15Think Different
- 16:40David Carson
- 20:26Tesla
- 22:33Nothing is original
- 26:02We have to base it on conventions
- 28:18The problem is with solutions
- 31:25Information cascades
- 34:48Writing documentation
- 36:08Niklas Luhmann
- 37:48Explore Exploit
- 39:04Elon Musk
- 39:49Youre never done
- 42:48The Education of an Artist
