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I like to think if it as a multiplier:

idea * execution = outcome

idea * 0 = 0. "Ideas are worthless without execution"

1 * execution = execution. "with hard work, any decent idea can succeed"

100 * execution = something amazing. "great ideas can change the world"

If that is correct, it follows that one should seek out the best people to work with, no matter whether one is more of an engineer or a visionary.

Just be prepared to make up for what they lack. i.e. If they are a visionary, you better be prepared to work.

Reality trumps imagination. Of course, but especially because it's easier to measure.

Creativity, innovation and the like are difficult for humans to quantify. So we get in arguments like "ideas are worthless" and debates over the importance of design.

But our economy is becoming much more based on intellectual property, and I don't believe this kind of thinking, will help us in the future.

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