Plain English with Derek ThompsonWhy Too Much Freedom Is the Enemy of Success

Calendar From The Big Bang

12:53–13:14 · 21s

Epstein recounts how an engineer at General Magic kept expanding a simple calendar feature until it spanned from the Big Bang to the distant future—an absurd illustration of how unlimited freedom derails products.

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