Concept · Silicon Valley / Startup Dogma

Talk to Users

Origin: YC dogma

Biological Parallel

Bats use echolocation to 'talk to' their environment 200 times per second—emit signal, receive feedback, adjust flight. The feedback loop is so tight that perception and action merge into one process. Plants do the same with phototropism: detect light gradient, grow toward it, measure again. 'Talk to users' is environmental sensing, but only if you're measuring response fast enough to actually change direction mid-flight.