Squeakiest wheel effect: loudest complainer rather than most-hurting person gets helped
Similar effect in insight: of the people who get an insight, the one most surprised by it will make the biggest deal about it, claiming great personal originality, and will get credit for it.
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The “most surprised” could be the most inspired and impassioned. “Making the biggest deal about it” could be dedicating a life to research or advocacy.
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Yes but it’s usually some mix of self importance, social isolation, and vanity
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They'll get credit for their supposed discoveries among folks who are equally astonished and they will all make a big fuss, while those less astonished or already in the know will team up and produce real value.
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Wishful thinking. They turn into grumbling complainers harboring resentment of the person.
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease...
The brightest flashbulb shines farthest?
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I think realizing that something should be surprising is also an insight in itself.
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This describes the phenomenon of many drug-induced revelations. An otherwise obvious observation can seem surprising, novel, and worth devoting one's life to exploring.
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Whoa! I have seen this happen. Ultimately it’s all like marketing, right, it all devolves to “telling people about things”. The bigger thing-teller gets the bigger mindshare







