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> Those who dare will be quickly put down for not following the rules or even making something hard to categorise according to the current rules. This is one
by wsgeorge 6y ago
> Those who dare will be quickly put down for not following the rules or even making something hard to categorise according to the current rules.
This is one of the most insightful comments I've read on HN today. I experience this a lot, especially in the arts, in my own country. That constant reference to "the rules" and "the way it's supposed to be done" reflects the kind of "follower-culture" that, I think, impedes innovation.
That is not to say innovation does not (or cannot) happen within such a limiting framework; the framework is limiting and works against an innovative spirit.
- mrtksn 6y agoTrue, as you said the innovation happens but within that framework. I'm sure that people in the dominant culture are facing the same resistance but since they don't have a reference to follow(they are at the cutting edge, the top, the front trenches) they can brand their work as innovation much easily. If you are in a "follower-culture", people will not accept your work as good unless it is recognised by the upper culture. It happens a lot in Turkey, where the local artists doing unusual things won't be accepted by the local critics or academia until they make a name for themselves in the USA, UK or EU. It's not limited to artist. Game developers, app developers, inventors will be initially branded as "scammers" or a "joke" if they do something in a way that's not usually done up until they receive recognition from abroad.