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  ‘Your Map Is Wrong’ – P2P.AI

  On stage with John Battelle and Tim O’Reilly at the 2010 Web2.0 Summit, Mark Zuckerberg stared at the Summit backdrop, that had a map with various consumer technology areas that have been ‘conquered’, charted out. “Your Map is Wrong,” Zuckerberg said. “The biggest part of the map has to be uncharted territory — this map makes it seem like it’s zero-sum, but it’s not. We’re building value, not just taking it away from someone else.” (Source)

  “It is not a zero-sum game” is something we tend to forget as we start competing in the marketplace. There is this beauty of economics – you don’t have to make anyone poorer in order for you to become richer. Wealth is not a fixed pie (PG).

  Steve Jobs famously said that there is no point in asking the customer what they need because they wouldn’t know until it is given to them. That is classic uncharted territory. None of us knew we needed Steve’s devices until they were given to us.

  The next time you look at a map, look for the uncharted territory. Without that, your view of the map is most definitely wrong.

[usrn]

I really don't like Zuckerberg and expected to disagree with him (especially about maps, everyone gets maps wrong (especially especially on computers) but this isn't a map of the earth.) This sounds right to me. Every time someone says we've figured everything out they're always wrong. There's always more to understand.

I don't think Facebook legitimately adds value, I think it's entirely parasitic. But we haven't discovered everything there is to know about talking with each other.

[altruios]

Aye, this rings true... but the source...

[criddell]

> We’re building value, not just taking it away from someone else.

Does Facebook still build anything? These days it seems like they mostly buy other companies that are still able to build and innovate.

[albrewer]

Yes, they do, but they do it pretty quietly - think messenger, or their dating service, or their games section - these are all parts of Facebook, but they used to not be. Messenger and Games are the oldest ones. They're huge, they keep building stuff into what "Facebook" is, but it's really, *really* subtle.

Also, off topic, but I'm fairly certain you're a former co-worker of mine :)

[criddell]

> you're a former co-worker of mine

I am! Nice to virtually see you.