We talk about how unified HCI seems to be and how fragmented pro-gun individuals are.
I would submit to you that we are fragmented because we are (for the most part) independent thinkers. This is all well and good when reacting to an individual problem, however, when facing something that affects us all it appears that we tend to think, "My slant on this concept/idea is correct and everyone else just doesn't get it!"
This is pride, and as the saying goes, "Pride goeth before the fall." I have seen this type of reactionary pride on this board, and have myself been guilt of the same.
We get so busy patting ourselves on the back for being so smart/intelligent/observant that it seem that we forget who our allies are and who those are that oppose what we believe. It's almost become a holy war.
We accuse HCI and their ilk of a "sheeple" mentality, however, these sheep are all moving in the same general direction. Can't we learn something from this?
Balance.
Balance equals power.
Of course, I may just be whistling in the wind.
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John/az
"Just because something is popular, does not make it right."
www.countdown9199.com
[This message has been edited by John/az2 (edited April 24, 1999).]
I would submit to you that we are fragmented because we are (for the most part) independent thinkers. This is all well and good when reacting to an individual problem, however, when facing something that affects us all it appears that we tend to think, "My slant on this concept/idea is correct and everyone else just doesn't get it!"
This is pride, and as the saying goes, "Pride goeth before the fall." I have seen this type of reactionary pride on this board, and have myself been guilt of the same.
We get so busy patting ourselves on the back for being so smart/intelligent/observant that it seem that we forget who our allies are and who those are that oppose what we believe. It's almost become a holy war.
We accuse HCI and their ilk of a "sheeple" mentality, however, these sheep are all moving in the same general direction. Can't we learn something from this?
Balance.
Balance equals power.
Of course, I may just be whistling in the wind.
------------------
John/az
"Just because something is popular, does not make it right."
www.countdown9199.com
[This message has been edited by John/az2 (edited April 24, 1999).]