Comments on: Don’t Worry About Being Original, Be Genuinely Useful

By: Radith

Radith — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:50:34 +0000

Thx god i found this article, i somehow lost it by accident. Already stumbled and twit it. Thx again Adam for this artcle.

God Bless you and your family

By: Adam Singer

Adam Singer — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:44:20 +0000

Silvia’s comment (roughly) Translated by Google Translator:

The point is that this kind of talk is only in times of recession / depression, as a sort of Fordism to encourage the production and put the questions behind it, because abuse of power.
When the stabilization prevails instead increase the need for the products of thought and of mind, which always features him in originality, it’s called “brainstorming” and no one more shame.
All you can say everything and its opposite. Council a review of structuralism, it will be hard but you do not know what range!

By: Silvia Molesini

Silvia Molesini — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:18:58 +0000

Il punto è che questo tipo di discorsi funziona solo in periodi di recessione/depressione, come una sorta di fordismo che incentivi la produzione e si metta le domande alle spalle, perché abusano di energia.
Quando la stabilizzazione prevale invece aumentano le richieste di prodotti del pensiero e dell’ingegno, che hanno sempre in sé caratteristiche di originalità, lo chiamano “brainstorming” e nessuno se ne vergogna più.
Tutto, si può dire di tutto ed il suo contrario. Consiglio un ripasso dello strutturalismo, sarà rigido ma non sai quanto spazia!

By: Adam Singer

Adam Singer — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:08:38 +0000

@clickktdotcom – yes, a personal knowledge base is vital

@Craig – absolutely, another reason we need to inspire a proper, free remix culture which encourages attribution

@Nate @ Debt-free Scholar – nope, that wouldn’t be very useful.

@Karmen – glad this helped!

@Catherine Lockey – I try hard to stay positive here — am better at it some days than others. Glad you find it refreshing.

By: Catherine Lockey

Catherine Lockey — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:02:21 +0000

Thanks for the positive spin – it is refreshing. Technology today allows us immediate access information – some old, some new. In many cases the next best thing to blog about is how to improve on an already good idea.