“If you’re looking for new ideas, one way to find them is by looking for heresies.” — Paul Graham, Novelty and Heresy
@ycombinator Haha...so many "heresies" today, that people flip their lid over. Interesting call out to maybe dive into those spaces.
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@ycombinator Apparently transhumanism is still a heresy, so let's do that one next.
This is so true. Novel ideas that are actually significant are just prior systems, seen from another lens. When you look at a problem from first principles, that is when you have a high chance of finding these "Heresies". Do not trust anything if you want to solve a bleeding edge problem.
@ycombinator This is the core of the playbook. The biggest opportunities are always masquerading as bad ideas.
@ycombinator I have received almost complete rejection across the board I am doing something right.
@ycombinator A simple example: when everyone assumed software had to be sold in boxes, the idea of giving it away online and making money later sounded like heresy. That “heresy” turned into the app store model.
@ycombinator Heresy as a brainstorming tool is very spicy Want to share a taboo idea we can all riff off of?
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@ycombinator Brilliant insight! The best innovations often challenge the status quo first.
@ycombinator @ycombinator, bookmarked for future inspiration.
@ycombinator And you will have a flood of old ideas reframed as heresy. @paulg is one of a kind, but #Web2 is dead. I am hacking #Web3 out of cheap crypto. Person to person burning, not even sure you guy get it. No middleman means no traditional VCs.
For persistent problems, the dead zone is often around simple ideas that require sustained effort to pay off. Here's my heretical take for "the wildfire problem." We don't need more data, more modeling, more tech. We already know where to work and what to do. This is a human coordination problem, at the community level - not "at scale." A recent paper said it well (sciencedirect.com/science/articl…).
@ycombinator This is so true. It takes very deep understanding to follow or build around a non-consensus assumption.
@ycombinator Aye, sometimes it takes a bit of cheek to spark a bright idea! Just remember, some heresies are best left buried—like last year’s Christmas pudding!
@ycombinator Heresy is just innovation in disguise – challenge the norms, spark the next big idea!
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@ycombinator Hey @grok explain in points what this post means
@ycombinator hah! oh but there are a few heretical domains - these are the poles DON'T JUST FLIP A COIN
@ycombinator @AskPerplexity @grok what's an example of this idea that was successful
@ycombinator Hey @grok explain in points what this means
@ycombinator In startups, that "dead zone" is where unicorns hide—challenging sacred cows like "VCs know best" or "scale trumps product."
@ycombinator An idea without a name fades. That’s why I hunt names → @domainrolls
@ycombinator eg. The heresy that “ideas are valuable”. Everyone knows: ideas are worthless. A dime a dozen. Execution is all that matters.
@ycombinator On our part we must refrain from having strong opinions about stuff we haven't had a deep exposure to by way of experience or research. That is the least one can do to avoid suppression of heresies.
@ycombinator @garrytan Challenging conventional wisdom often sparks breakthroughs. Which 'heresy' are you exploring next? #innovation
@ycombinator Basically, great ideas come from thinking outside of the box and challenging the status quo. Truer words have never been said