Many of the early philosophers operated in this way. They followed new ideas/paradigms to an impossible extreme, but it's under the name of progress. How does o

Many of the early philosophers operated in this way. They followed new ideas/paradigms to an impossible extreme, but it's under the name of progress. How does one get to understand the true limits of an idea if no one tries pushing it to the absolute max logical conclusion? How do you ensure that the new idea stays in culture if you do not actively promote it? We all take open-source for granted today, but it was the early pioneers that made a lot of noise and ruckus that got the movement slowing going on its way.