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The Wire had a great summary of where things now stand in our culture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky5d4hH1CPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky5d4hH1CPQ
by riemannzeta 13y ago
The Wire had a great summary of where things now stand in our culture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky5d4hH1CPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky5d4hH1CPQ
I understand that ideas are not nearly as important as the action taken on them to bring them into reality. But the idea has to exist before any action can be taken, and good ideas don't simply think themselves. I'd prefer to live in a world in which inventors got more credit for their ideas than they do today in most places.
- CocaKoala 13y agoI have some ideas; I will sell them to you for 50,000 dollars and half your profits. It's only fair; I'm an ideas guy and I deserve to be compensated for my work.
- riemannzeta 13y agoPerfect. Why don't you tell me your idea now and I'll write you this check for 100,000 and no part of the profits. That's even better for you, right?
- bjelkeman-again 13y agoI used to see that more before than now. But having spent decades on actual implementation it is often quite easy to show that ideas are mostly cheap and plentiful. Implementation is hard and it I what matters, mostly. There are of course exceptions.
- CocaKoala 13y agoExactly; ideas are only worth the work you put into them. If I have a great idea, and somebody implements it and goes bankrupt, am I liable? Why do idea guys deserve to get compensation for the successes of their ideas without shouldering any of the risk of the failures?