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 “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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corollary observation: insights i found shocking 5 years ago are now bedrock to worldview, seemingly obvious, and it's hard to tell what will be surprising to other people or not based on our relative baselines
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I feel like I’ve been through enough worldview revisions in my life that it is now not merely hard to tell what others will find insightful, but I have absolutely NO clue.
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reply with no comment for emphasis
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I had the exact same thought last week but shrugged and didn't tweet it
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease... The brightest flashbulb shines farthest?
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