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Why does new tech fail? Because we ignore the flaws we spend time building.

Here’s an interesting Twitter thread from software engineer Warren Craddock, who worked on a number of high-profile tech flops including Lytro, Google Glass, and Google Clips. Craddock explains why each project failed (e.g. lack of a killer app for Glass) but identifies a common problem: the inability of teams and companies to acknowledge the shortcomings of their own work.

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