Comments on: The high price of new ideas http://lukehoughton.com/2009/07/27/the-high-price-of-new-ideas/ Luke's TOE: Thoughts about everything Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:32:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Luke Houghton http://lukehoughton.com/2009/07/27/the-high-price-of-new-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-2141 Luke Houghton Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:25:25 +0000 http://lukehoughton.com/?p=686#comment-2141 Mike, Thanks for that... you always have something good to say :D. Mike,

Thanks for that… you always have something good to say :D .

]]> By: Luke Houghton http://lukehoughton.com/2009/07/27/the-high-price-of-new-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-2140 Luke Houghton Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:24:43 +0000 http://lukehoughton.com/?p=686#comment-2140 Well said Rick. Thanks for the comment. You hear that most people who come up with new ideas are on the borderline of sane and crazy ... yet we need what I call an 'innovation capacity'. Having the courage to create innovative decisions and the capacity to support them. Most instutions do not have 'innovation capacity'. They spend no time building it, but instead maintain status quo... this is why the 'googles' of the world dominate, even though they are too now getting stuck IMHO. Thanks Rick! Well said Rick.

Thanks for the comment. You hear that most people who come up with new ideas are on the borderline of sane and crazy … yet we need what I call an ‘innovation capacity’. Having the courage to create innovative decisions and the capacity to support them. Most instutions do not have ‘innovation capacity’. They spend no time building it, but instead maintain status quo… this is why the ‘googles’ of the world dominate, even though they are too now getting stuck IMHO.

Thanks Rick!

]]> By: Michael Yanakiev http://lukehoughton.com/2009/07/27/the-high-price-of-new-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-2125 Michael Yanakiev Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:30:11 +0000 http://lukehoughton.com/?p=686#comment-2125 Luke, What can I say or add? Repeating some of Luke's observations, although resembling in a sense a wise parrot is not a bad policy always.- "New ideas are often risky, sometimes stupid and other times downright crazy...and there is that. However, as twain noticed the title of 'crank' and 'genius' are one good idea away! Luke,
What can I say or add? Repeating some of Luke’s observations, although resembling in a sense a wise parrot is not a bad policy always.- “New ideas are often risky, sometimes stupid and other times downright crazy…and there is that. However, as twain noticed the title of ‘crank’ and ‘genius’ are one good idea away!

]]> By: Rick Walker http://lukehoughton.com/2009/07/27/the-high-price-of-new-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-2124 Rick Walker Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:43:57 +0000 http://lukehoughton.com/?p=686#comment-2124 There are other ways in which the cost of new ideas can be `high`. Robert Pirsig (`Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance` and `Lila`), in presenting his Metaphysics of Quality`, discusses the risk of stepping off the precipice of conventional knowledge. In `Dancing Wu Li Masters`` Gary Zukov (in discussing Albert Einstein), notes that Einstein publishing his theory of light as being `quantized` and, therefore, having a particle-type nature did so in full knowledge that conventional scientific wisdom at that time was that light had a wave-like nature. Napoleon Hill spent approximately 25 years undertaking research in developing his personal philosophy of success (or achievement) as presented in `Think and Grow Rich` and its companion `Law of Sucess`, the whole time ridiculed by his family and friends. Marconi`s friends attempted to have him commited to an institution for pursuing his ideas that words could be transmitted `through the ether` (i.e. the radio). What ideas do we individually suppress because we fear criticism, let alone ridicule or institutionalization! By challenging our paradigms, we risk making great discoveries and having wonderful insights. There are other ways in which the cost of new ideas can be `high`. Robert Pirsig (`Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance` and `Lila`), in presenting his Metaphysics of Quality`, discusses the risk of stepping off the precipice of conventional knowledge.

In `Dancing Wu Li Masters“ Gary Zukov (in discussing Albert Einstein), notes that Einstein publishing his theory of light as being `quantized` and, therefore, having a particle-type nature did so in full knowledge that conventional scientific wisdom at that time was that light had a wave-like nature. Napoleon Hill spent approximately 25 years undertaking research in developing his personal philosophy of success (or achievement) as presented in `Think and Grow Rich` and its companion `Law of Sucess`, the whole time ridiculed by his family and friends. Marconi`s friends attempted to have him commited to an institution for pursuing his ideas that words could be transmitted `through the ether` (i.e. the radio).

What ideas do we individually suppress because we fear criticism, let alone ridicule or institutionalization! By challenging our paradigms, we risk making great discoveries and having wonderful insights.

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