Complaints of the eminent
Posted by ungraspiness Tue, 01 Aug 2006 04:32:00 GMT
From Paul Graham’s essay titled ‘The Power of the Marginal’:
The eminent, on the other hand, are weighed down by their eminence. Eminence is like a suit: it impresses the wrong people, and it constrains the wearer.
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...You’re on the right track when people complain that you’re unqualified, or that you’ve done something inappropriate. If people are complaining, that means you’re doing something rather than sitting around, which is the first step. And if they’re driven to such empty forms of complaint, that means you’ve probably done something good.
An excellent essay that points out some great things about well…
...people that hang out in the margins.