Imagine a new color
Can't do it
Because all colors are mixes of existing colors
Every song, film, book, business ever 'created'
All took inspiration and elements from previous versions
A 'new' dog breed is a mix of two existing breeds
The revolutionary iPhone took a phone, music player, email, and mini computer
Then simply mixed it together into one seemingly new innovation
Apple absolutely has far better technology than what is given to the public
But one core issue is familiarity
Put Jay Z, 2Pac, or even Queen in a 1890's concert hall
It would be too ahead of the times, there is no familiar reference point
The >surface level< of what you see is just a different flavor, variation, remix
The >substance< often follows the same format
Often referred to as the hero's journey
Elements such as 'the punch line' coming together with other elements to form the reaction/output of laughter
The best comedians know this but make it seem natural
The best producers know the formula for great films
Pretty much never work
...because that's the surface level
It's a part but no assembly
The surface level is like believing:
"make movie with lion = big hit"
You then obtain the ability to reverse engineer all things at the substance level
This is the secret
Societies favorite rockstars, businesses, products, influencers follow this secret
Those who can't process information see the surface level. "Use these graphics, sell this thing, say these words = profit"
Those who can think understand the substance of why a system is working
A perfect example is Beethoven
He was deaf, but he 'knew the rules of music'
These 'rules' have categories
Then zoom into a category like business, sports, dating, music
Then zoom in further: eCommerce, basketball, trading, hip hop
You can reverse engineer what works in your subcategory, then in the larger category, then the universal category
Typically 'experience' and 'expertise' = a deeper understanding and implementation of these 'laws'
Like a movie script or formula with fill in the blanks to mix the flavor/elements of the same formula that they know works
This has had tremendous benefit for me
Seeing how to make it better
That's a ultra simplified version. But I like to call it the marriage of the artist and engineer
The engineer lays the foundation, builds a working home structure
The artist brings it to life with the interior design
It's been my life's work to reverse engineer and string together these formula's
Ultra specific exact elements within an equation. Incorporating variables patterns, probabilities etc
This thread was off the cuff giving on overview
Thank you for reading,
Cheers
- Yous