Why You Are Remembered – updated 2017
This one is worth considering even though I am not sure I agree with it.
It does seem to be true when you look at the great innovators in history. Almost all of them had a set of rules they had to at least ignore if they were to make the scientific or cultural progress they ended up making.
Of course, when I say rules I am not necessarily talking about written set of rules. I am talking about the socially understood parameters of behavior, expression, study, investigation, etc.
So, what about the non-innovators? What about the regular joes of the world who just go about their business, who is remembered among them? Are you remembered for smoking in the bathroom in school 1 year after the fact, 30 years after the fact? Are you remembered for being a great, rule abiding mother or father? See, in these cases, I don’t know if this quote really does hold true or not. What do you think?
Drawing and commentary © Marty Coleman
“You are remembered for the rules you break.” – Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964, American Army General
