"Feynman reasoned that people exploring new applications would be more willing to try an unfamiliar kind of computer."
Hillis recounts Feynman's reasoning that researchers pursuing novel applications would be less conservative about their choice of computer architecture. The account supports the chapter's argument that people outside a product's established user base can help its makers discover opportunities overlooked by conventional customers. Originally published in 1989 and republished in 2017.
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