Honeyee Matters
May 30, 2008
Here I am having a totally awesome time in Hawaii.
While it's true that the internet makes it possible for information to stretch in all directions at once, I still believe that it still runs on a vertical axis in terms of quality. So while a blog entry may end up having exploded in a scatter-shot of linking and copying, I believe that where it originates from still matters.
What Honeyee has allowed me to do is to take comfort in the safety in numbers - namely that of an IQ score - of the terrific minds that I post next to. That's inspiring for someone like myself who's fighting to keep his mind open to as many new ideas as possible, even when it makes people scratch their heads from time to time. (I still can't be sure whether that's a side effect or the desired result.)
I've met, both physically and digitally, some of the brightest people through blogging here, and I'll continue to try and challenge myself to engage in as much of the world around me as I can. And if my posts get co-opted, reconstituted, re-printed with added editorial from others, so be it. Because what really matters is that it started on a site that promoted getting smarter, cross-culturizing (fake word), taking pictures, being the first to post new gadgets before Hiroshi can, and all around not accepting the self as having graduated past the research and development phase.
Because to butcher something my friend Charlie Hunter once said, don't seek what your heroes have, seek what your heroes are seeking...
JM
