> Is it the idea that one shouldn't push one's ideas on others the reason why
> the vast majority of people on a given list don't ever post anything?
Reading a list and not posting much is a bit like sitting at a table of
people having a conversation and just listening.
They
> are happily collecting the ideas and opinions of others, picking and
> choosing what they find useful, but they feel no obligation to return the
> favor by posting ideas and opinions of their own?
What about if they feel they need more time to digest the information before
they can return with comment or ideas of their own?
Personally, I love to
> learn more than I love to teach, but I can't imagine just collecting many
> great ideas and never sharing them.
Maybe they share the ideas with other people around them?
I personally am in an absorbsion stage of my life, a bit like a sponge, just
saoking up everything I can get near. I understand that this time will
change to something else, like the sponge when it is full, has to be wrung
out to be usefull again. Applying the information and learning from applying
it will bring new insights and thoughts that can go into filling the sponge
again.
Another couple of thoughts.
Chris Nuss
