Welcome to New Horizons, I’m your host. Today we explore why building something brand new can be more rewarding than adding features to an established system. As Jason Fried puts it, “When we make something new, people often ask, ‘why don’t you just add that to Basecamp?’” The answer lies in freedom: a fresh project offers the latitude to try novel technologies and design approaches. By contrast, grafting onto a heavier system imposes the weight of past decisions—so much that you often end up sticking close to where you started. Jason reminds us: “New can be wrong, but it’s always interesting.” And that curiosity is its own reward. Even if a new venture falters, the lessons and discoveries made along the way can feed back into your existing products or inspire future efforts. Ultimately, building something new allows you to think in new ways—and those insights are what drive innovation forward. Thanks for listening to New Horizons. Join us next time as we continue to chart bold paths in design and technology.
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