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There is a more modern demarcation between people who are discussing ideas and those trying to push products on you. Joe Rogan, on the other hand, discusses ide
by kodah 5y ago
There is a more modern demarcation between people who are discussing ideas and those trying to push products on you. Joe Rogan, on the other hand, discusses ideas but also makes fairly clear when he's trying to sell you a product to make him money. Would we regard scientists and philosophers as influencers?
Within tech I do know there are both types. I tend to aschew anyone who is pushing a product on me, versus those who sell ideas. I also have a third category, which is those that push their ideas without much self-skepticism or are too aggressive in their worldview. I tend not to like that category very much.
- photochemsyn 5y agoRe #3, it's easy to fall into the trap of thinking your worldview is the only right one. There's a fairly well-known historical case, this guy named Lewis Strauss, a major early US Cold War figure who pushed the hydrogen bomb and famously claimed nuclear power would be 'too cheap to meter'. He was widely known for his debating style, in which he'd first assume anyone who disagreed with him didn't understand his argument, and after further refusal to agree, would then assume that person was a traitor in the pay of the Soviet Union.