kancelēšanas bulšits
Lūk, Marks Mensons precīzi noformulē to, ko es jau ilgu laiku neveiksmīgi mēģināju noformulēt. Proti, kas tas ir, kas ir greizi ar visiem šitiem "akvaimanuvai mani kancelē jo es paudu atšķirīgu viedokli" cilvēciņiem. Viņi vienkārši grib par velti, bez piepūles saņemt vispārēju piekrišanu, nesaprotot, ka tas tā nenotiek, ir jāpastrādā, un ir jāpieņem, ka būs arī uzbrukumi. Salmanu Rušdiju par grāmatu gribēja noslepkavot. Vai viņš kliedza par kancelēšanu? Nē, viņš turpināja rakstīt.

An unfortunate fact of life is that you will receive hate from others in proportion to the audacity of your goals. The more ambitious and unconventional your aims, the more people will try to deter you, tear you down, criticize you, and so on.

It’s easy to sit here and complain that this shouldn’t happen—but actually, it should. Humans are a social species, and we are strongly biased towards the status quo. That’s because the status quo is likely more stable and beneficial than most alternatives.

Therefore, when someone comes along with a big, bold idea that challenges the status quo, most people will instinctively look for reasons why it’s wrong or won’t work. They will challenge it, criticize it, ridicule it, and make lame jokes about it on Twitter.

And I would argue this is a good thing. For one, most ideas are bad. Therefore, if an idea can’t survive being dunked on a few dozen times, then it’s better off being left for dead.

But second, as the audacious-idea-haver, it forces you to have a deep conviction in what you’re doing.