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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from j_l_Larson]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ew, pandering to republicans...  I see where you are headed...  prepare to lose 50% readership at least...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from AndyT13]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[You know, Americans are big on family dynasties despite their supposed aversion to royalty. Our fascination with the British royals seems evidence enough of that. For your presidential bid you should probably start trading on the Adams name a bit more. &quot;Adams for President...AGAIN!&quot;
Just a thought.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from BobNL]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[You could also put it this way: &quot;I leave the hard work to others&quot;.

I wish I could pull that off.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from llamisimo]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The actual worst case scenario is your ideas look good to the general public, eliminate their &quot;opposition&quot;, and turn out to doom mankind.  That being said, I have never thought of ideas as beings that go through evolutionary process, and it is an interesting point of view.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from llamisimo]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The actual worst case scenario is your ideas look good to the general public, eliminate their &quot;opposition&quot;, and turn out to doom mankind.  That being said, I have never thought of ideas as beings that go through evolutionary process, and it is an interesting point of view.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from weilongtakayama]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[What you're talking about has been called &quot;memetics.&quot; My passing familiarity with that concept includes the notion that the properties of ideas that make them popular are not the same properties that make them beneficial. Which is to say that ideas that propagate and thrive - in the evolutionary fashion that you are talking about - are not necessarily &quot;good ideas.&quot;]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Dingbat]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Speaking of seeding ideas: I started to write up a comment the need to begin rethinking the Internet - to create incentives for the creation of high-quality content and reduce incentives for spam - and ultimately create a better environment for circulating, evaluating and developing ideas. 

It got a bit wordy, so I turned it into a blog entry instead: www.marketingisnotlying.com. 

I obviously prefer commenting to blogging - as evidenced by the number of postings (2) on my own site - but I do feel strongly about the need to get the idea out there. 

The truth is that search is a tool - invented by engineers who found clever ways to use technology to deliver content. This opened up the world in many positive, beneficial ways - but it has also created malignant incentives to generate garbage content while discouraging real contributors. The effort required to rise above spammers clamoring for search rankings keeps a lot of intelligent, creative thinkers from joining the conversation.  I'm certain there is a better way. The trick is to get people to start thinking about what that might look like.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from ringlerun]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[1 (original style) for gr8hands

as for credibility for you scott, unfortunately you have built up quite a bit, you might not realise it, but &quot;people recommend your blog&quot;... and if that ain't credibility, dunno what is :) now that you are on that slippery slope,  might as well enjoy the ride ;)

not sure about your &quot;democratic&quot; ways though... people can be easily influenced... as you said in one of your recent blogs, tell them something obvious, then lead them, and they'll this it was their idea you are reiterating to them... the meme culture just don't let the longer term great ideas survive... perhaps we need the meme's to keep the masses quiet, while the &quot;uncredible&quot; people save the &quot;real world&quot; :) :) :)]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from mesplin]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[&quot;I see life as a process, not a goal.&quot;
&quot;...I have a process that involves seeding the universe with ideas and waiting for the strongest to evolve and make a difference.&quot;
Technically, one could say that this life's goal is to compete ideas against each other. To what end, I don't know.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Dingbat]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[I remember one of your ideas from years ago. It has probably evolved (or mutated) in my mind over the years, but what I recall is this: Dump all federal budget data into a vast database with a flexible interface - and allow people to create their own charts parsing the data however they want. No doubt that's wildly impractical - but the basic idea that fundamental budget data could and should be made far more accessible to the public is quite valid. Obfuscation is a just another word for control. I've done my bit to pass the idea on in various forms.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from DAVIDGARCIA]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hello Scott.

Your sharp accuracy amazes me again !!! Just one thing: the Internet can detect bad ideas and, more important, the Internet is begining to define wich type of idea it is. Or in te way you put it: &quot;...I guarantee that any good ideas generated by this blog - if there are any - will find their way. The weak ideas will fade to backup storage, as they should.&quot;. Internet is the new Beagle, Scott.

Therion: When Scott seeds are ready, there will be a critical mass  behind who will hatch it. It happened in Egypt.

BryanK &amp; gr8hands: No one says you have to live to see it through. If you do not think only good ideas will prevail, then you are thinking short term. 

tc: Try to envision the future of the mass-media. Can you now guess how much time to the Scott theory to prove itself true ? the key is Internet.

bye]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from DAVIDGARCIA]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hello Scott.

Your sharp accuracy amazes me again !!! Just one thing: the Internet can detect bad ideas and, more important, the Internet is begining to define wich type of idea it is. Or in te way you put it: &quot;...I guarantee that any good ideas generated by this blog - if there are any - will find their way. The weak ideas will fade to backup storage, as they should.&quot;. Internet is the new Beagle, Scott.

Therion: When Scott seeds are ready, there will be endorsed with a critical mass behind who will hatch it. It happened in Egypt.

BryanK &amp; gr8hands: No one says you have to live to see it through. If you do not think only good ideas will prevail, then you are thinking short term. 

tc: Try to envision the future of the mass-media. Can you now guess how much time to the Scott theory to prove itself true ?

Bye]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from Therion]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Yes, but there's something to be said for sitting on an egg yourself until it's fully hatched. Interesting that you mention evolution, because that guy with the beard, ol' Charlie, sure knew how to hatch an egg.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from mediocrebirdphotog]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[

Scott,

That's exactly why I created a blog about mediocre photography of birds of prey - I knew that long term, it would influence global change.

Read it here:
mediocrebirdphotog.blogspot.com]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from dilbertg]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[&quot;I have a fairly extensive readership for this blog, and zero credibility. &quot; -- Ahem the goldilocks scenario like having lot of money supply but no inflation. You you should win a nobel prize in blogonomics
if there is one.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from cpbrown1]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Synopsis : Scott Adams is incredible !]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from matthewqueen]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Scott, 

This is one of the most inspirational postings I've ever read from you.  It's a loving ode to eccentricity, a sonnet for insanity, a love song for crazy thinking.  It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes: &quot;The beginner sees many possibilities, the expert few.&quot;  One of the hardest things to maintain is a creative mindset.  In some circles, even suggesting a new way of approaching a problem is cause for embarrassment.  I mean, who do you think you are, anyway?  It's not like you're an expert, so something.

But it's the experts who have mastered fighting the last battle.  Your point about credibility is spot on.  It comes with an enormous price: it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain a creative mind when you're more concerned with losing the status you've worked so hard to gain.  That is one of the many things that Steve Jobs did very well.  He had enormous credibility and maintained a creative mind.

Thank you for this posting.  It's given me a nice way of approaching the way in which I grow in my life.  How can I balance growing into a credible professional without losing my creative edge?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment  from tc]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[An idea needs more than just &quot;being good&quot; to get through the filters of the public.  It needs to reach the public in the first place.  A few weeks ago (and again, just now), I wanted to see how the mainstream media is taking to your candidacy.  The only articles I found were in online-only publications that I had never heard of.  May I submit that the mainstream press has their own filters which are based on criteria other than the goodness of the ideas.  Since only a small percentage of voters actually vote for  independent candidates, a newspaper would have little reason to publish something appealing only to a small percentage of their readership.
Also, one of your campaign platforms will probably work against you.  There is a large contingent of voters who connote &quot;science&quot; with &quot;hard to understand&quot;.  These voters are the type who would prefer to wear a bracelet that promises magical powers, or read the horoscopes regularly.   They will not relate well to a president who seems complicated.]]></description>
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