> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.willduder.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # To the crazy ones - URL: https://www.willduder.com/to-the-crazy-ones/ - Published: 2023-06-06T20:48:26.000Z - Updated: 2024-04-25T00:12:30.000Z - Author: Will Duderstadt It’s quite easy to be a Sunday morning, armchair quarterback when it comes to [new technology](https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/?ref=willduder.com). Pointing out all the flaws and dislikes of a new piece of tech that attempts to redefine an entire category is more prosaic and dull than provocative. It’s harder to appreciate that a first version of any revolutionary tech usually appears in the crudest form. It exists not sell millions, but to become a building block for what’s next. [Everything good is a remix](https://www.everythingisaremix.info/?ref=willduder.com) of something not quite as good. It all starts somewhere. Harder yet is connecting the mental dots between now and the future, to see a vision. If you can, you’ll see how things will get smaller, lighter, and faster; more refined, polished, and tweaked. Ultimately disappearing into our daily lives. Much like how cars have become faster, safer, and accessible in two generations: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/5a/e85ad43c-3108-442d-8e7d-76ae32477089/content/images/2024/04/image-6.jpeg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/5a/e85ad43c-3108-442d-8e7d-76ae32477089/content/images/2024/04/image-5.jpeg) The most expensive car of each era (Model T vs Maybach) Like medicine has matured from bloodletting and trepanning to minimally-invasive robotic procedures: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/5a/e85ad43c-3108-442d-8e7d-76ae32477089/content/images/2024/04/image.png) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/5a/e85ad43c-3108-442d-8e7d-76ae32477089/content/images/2024/04/image-7.jpeg) Doctor, doctor, please. Oh, the mess I'm in. How our athletic footwear advanced from nails on the bottom of an Oxford dress shoe, to recycled plastic and space age fabrics: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/5a/e85ad43c-3108-442d-8e7d-76ae32477089/content/images/2024/04/a-history-of-adidas-adi-dasslers-first-track-and-field-shoes-designboom10.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/5a/e85ad43c-3108-442d-8e7d-76ae32477089/content/images/2024/04/IMG_6043.jpg) 100 years of Adidas Or that technology once occupied an entire room, now fits in our hand: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/5a/e85ad43c-3108-442d-8e7d-76ae32477089/content/images/2024/04/ENIAC_Snyder.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/5a/e85ad43c-3108-442d-8e7d-76ae32477089/content/images/2024/04/IMG_6039.jpg) From ENIAC to iPad But what’s probably hardest of all is conceptualizing, building, and launching your ideas to the world. So, kudos to the “[crazy ones](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z4NS2zdrZc&ref=willduder.com)” this week who’s work is met with harsh words from the peanut gallery instead of applause. **"You can’t ignore them, because they change things."* --- *This article, “*[*To the crazy ones*](https://www.willduder.com/to-the-crazy-ones/)*”, was inspired by a thought that first appeared* [*as a tweet*](https://twitter.com/willduder/status/1666218998382440450?ref=willduder.com) *on Twitter.*