Comments on: Seeking Common Ground in Conversations Can Stifle Innovation and Reward the Wrong People http://technoccult.net/archives/2009/06/29/seeking-common-ground-in-conversations-can-stifle-innovation-and-reward-the-wrong-people/ A General Interest Blog for Weirdos Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:21:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mye http://technoccult.net/archives/2009/06/29/seeking-common-ground-in-conversations-can-stifle-innovation-and-reward-the-wrong-people/comment-page-1/#comment-345647 Mye Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:11:24 +0000 http://renegadefuturist.com/?p=7369#comment-345647 Pretty sure there's nothing wrong with finding common ground in a conversation... This problem doesn't exist in groups of people who are down with new ideas, anyway. I guess some people don't like hearing new ideas, but I don't usually chill with those people. Pretty sure there’s nothing wrong with finding common ground in a conversation… This problem doesn’t exist in groups of people who are down with new ideas, anyway. I guess some people don’t like hearing new ideas, but I don’t usually chill with those people.

]]> By: Oliver http://technoccult.net/archives/2009/06/29/seeking-common-ground-in-conversations-can-stifle-innovation-and-reward-the-wrong-people/comment-page-1/#comment-326126 Oliver Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:18:44 +0000 http://renegadefuturist.com/?p=7369#comment-326126 This is a trivial realization and a sensationalist title, and as such pretty self referential, if you think of it. Keeping what works and holding the community together is (or at least used to be for a few thousand years) much more important most of the time than finding some, often marginal, improvement at the risk of futilely wasting resources in the pursuit of such. There's a trade-off between innovating and conservating - bold explorers and noncomformists are useful because they allow all the rest to keep society together without growing stagnant. The successful border crossers find new ways, while the "sheeple" huddle by the campfire and laugh about all those who failed, which outnumber the successful by far. This is a trivial realization and a sensationalist title, and as such pretty self referential, if you think of it. Keeping what works and holding the community together is (or at least used to be for a few thousand years) much more important most of the time than finding some, often marginal, improvement at the risk of futilely wasting resources in the pursuit of such.
There’s a trade-off between innovating and conservating – bold explorers and noncomformists are useful because they allow all the rest to keep society together without growing stagnant. The successful border crossers find new ways, while the “sheeple” huddle by the campfire and laugh about all those who failed, which outnumber the successful by far.

]]> By: Dansingh http://technoccult.net/archives/2009/06/29/seeking-common-ground-in-conversations-can-stifle-innovation-and-reward-the-wrong-people/comment-page-1/#comment-308867 Dansingh Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:43:21 +0000 http://renegadefuturist.com/?p=7369#comment-308867 I face this sensation continously - having no desire, in general, to restate the topic just mentioned in a conversation, or rehash some kind of meme. But when I do attempt to introduce novelty, people just give me awkward looks, and act through the "I don't know" personality segment they've developed. Frustrating no end, I'm very glad I read this. Thanks Klint. I face this sensation continously – having no desire, in general, to restate the topic just mentioned in a conversation, or rehash some kind of meme.

But when I do attempt to introduce novelty, people just give me awkward looks, and act through the “I don’t know” personality segment they’ve developed.

Frustrating no end, I’m very glad I read this.
Thanks Klint.

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