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I want to give everybody a job.
History is changed by crazy ideas. The story of humankind is the story of doing the impossible. Yesteryear’s impossible achievements engendered amazement, and then they were taken for granted, and then they became old-fashioned, and finally they became obsolete — replaced by newer, more amazing, “crazy” ideas.
Well, I have a crazy idea. That’s not to say it’s a world-changer. It may just be crazy. So, how do we tell the difference between a crazy, world-changing idea and one that’s just plain crazy?
By attempting to breathe life into it.
If we never try to bring an idea into reality, it’s DOA — Dead On Arrival.
But, if the results of an idea would be utterly fantastic — if the results would do amazing things like reduce poverty, and give people meaningful, productive work — and we didn’t try to bring that idea to life — well, it’s a kind of murder. Murdering an idea. We won’t go to jail for murdering an idea. But maybe we should.
What if the idea can clean up the environment, improve healthcare, and put food in hungry bellies? If we murder that kind of idea by choosing not to even try, doesn’t that make us complicit in the future suffering we didn’t prevent?