The Ginger Mumbly

When I used to be 'innovative' for a living (working at Xerox's research lab in Cambridge) I came to realise that if an idea was any good it would piss people off. In fact I started to think that the theoretically optimal reaction to a new idea was "I'm going to kill you." Of course it's not that optimal if they actually kill you. For really good blue sky thinkers who come up with ideas like socialism, planetary motion or evolution this is a genuine occupational hazard. So, maybe you're onto something with this maternity leave thing Steve. Although you're probably going to find out that in politics the theoretically optimal response to a genuinely good idea is "You're Fired."
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