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I would like if author could read this, as I am writing this with deep compassion so I hope it won't be understood in the wrong way. I am sorry, but everything
by NiceWayToDoIT 6y ago
I would like if author could read this, as I am writing this with deep compassion so I hope it won't be understood in the wrong way.
I am sorry, but everything dies, and some ideas do not make it. In our fear of death, we are trying to make a dent in this world, portraying our selves in a bigger light. Truth is even big ideas, and great work dies... Imagine, there was how many people since the beginning? Give or take ~110 billion, out of that there is around 130,000,000 (130 million books). How many books do average person reads over the lifetime? It is said that super readers read about 80 books a year, equal max ~8000-10000 books, which is a 0.0076% of all books.
So out of:
110,000,000,000 people
Truly remembered are how many writers, scientists, inventors? How many names of famous people and their ideas average person really knows?
Million? Hundred thousand? Thousand? Maybe hundred or more likely ten-ish?
Einstein, Tesla, Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Dickens, Twain, Mozart, Goethe ... forgive me for this random list, how many names could you write on the list?
And this is for educated people, what about those who are not?
I am trying to say that our ability to absorb ideas is the bottleneck, so over time many good ideas will simply die, and then maybe, just maybe they may re-appear after some time.
Ideas the same way as businesses will only succeed if authors find a way, the compelling story, so they become simple enough to become viral and start spreading independently. But like with everything live, it will need fertile ground, energy and bit of luck... actually great portion of luck ;/