Wilson Miner's 'When We Build' turns 15, still cited as life-changing design talk
davidhoang · x · 2026-11-12
Wilson Miner's classic design talk "When We Build" marks its 15th anniversary, hailed as "my favorite design talk of all time" for how eerily prescient it feels about the far-future impact of today's decisions. Product designer David Hoang responds that you can tell which people watched it — alongside Bret Victor's "Inventing on Principle" — and immediately changed their life purpose.
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