Can you point to a study which validates this contention, Owen? Or is it more of an opinion?
Mine (opinion) is that pessimism is largely born out of experience. --Doug On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > Most pessimism comes from abstractions, not close personal experience. > > -- Owen > > > On Feb 16, 2010, at 2:34 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Americans: Neither Ugly nor Dumb > I have enjoyed the plethora of Wisdom apropos contemporary mores and > innovation from Friam correspondents: finally a reply is irresistible. But > I can respond only with banal facts I have personally experienced and know > to be true. > On dumth: I have earned a living in Africa, New Zealand, England and USA. > During my years in the US I have found people to be generous, > open-minded, honorable and mainly smarter than me. And folks here are > significantly more civilized and humane than those in any other continent > that I have worked in. So I am surprised at Friam correspondents’ > apparent contempt for our fellow citizens - mebbe they know whereof they > prattle, mebbe not. > On innovation: the sage advice is all correct - and all irrelevant. I > have spent decades working professionally with DARPA, NASA, DOD, US Renewable > Energy Institute, many aerospace corps, and as a consultant for patent > applications . I continually witness a brilliant, humbling, kaleidoscope > of new ideas. I reckon, before pontificating, pundits should establish > qualifications of their own creativity: patents issued, original papers > and articles, senior managerial accomplishments. Perhaps they are too > modest to list these. > I love reading the Friam stuff as fiction. I think Joyceans call it > Stream of Consciousness. It would be very nice if people provided > specific support for their assertions. > > > Peter Lissaman, Da Vinci Ventures > > Expertise is not knowing everything, but knowing what to look for. > > 1454 Miracerros Loop South, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505,USA > tel:(505)983-7728 > >
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