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Nearchos

This reminds me of the story of Bertha Benz. 

She and her husband, Karl, invented the Benz automobile.

She is known as "the woman who taught us to drive". She made the first long distance automobile journey, driving her son's from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany and back in 1888 (without her husband's knowledge, as he sat hand-wringing in the shop, obsessing over the design).

She proved what the automobile was capable of! She also learned some things that led her to inventing a few things (several of which along the way!)

1. A network of fuel stations
2. Replaceable Brake lining
3. Lower gear ratios for hills

She made so many insights by just using the thing and realizing what people would need to make it work as a part of their lives.

We have to be constantly pushing ourselves to be like Bertha and learn to prioritize studying actual use cases and defining our requirements to meet user needs. 

Otherwise the users will make compromises they don't understand the consequences of, and that's on us!

One of my favorite car stories: 

Bertha Benz, the woman who taught us to drive!

Think about it often when I'm taking the ol Benz out for a spin!

I’m obsessed with Bertha Benz, she was a true ride or die and a bad bitch to the core. The fact that she fixed the car with her stockings halfway through her trip is one of my favorite parts of the story 🔥🏁

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She was the OG hotrodder for sure!

🤣🤣 I can't imagine the neighborhood has ever stopped talking about that ride! Not a single head left unturned!