Product that Serves vs. Product that Enables
Is the product making a user dependent on it? Or is the product teaching a user a new process, a new skill? Does the product require some already existing skill to be able to use it? Or, is it intuitive, so much so that a layman who is Tech-averse, can also use the product with ease?
Can a product be such that people would be able to see the beauty and significance of Technology? Can a product inspire people to be creative, innovative?
This would be like exhibiting true thought leadership through a product, wouldn't it?
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