Crazy New Ideas
Isn&#x27;t this the issue Joseph Campbell addressed? The journey a person with a crazy new idea endures? And, how in all different cultures the redeemer, a person solving an issue that their society needs to address, have the same symbolic characteristics. You and your children experience this not in a philosophy or mythology class but at every moment someone mentions a Star Wars or Marvel reference[0]. Disney keeps telling this one story over and over again, a story of a person with a crazy new idea being ostracized and rejected by their society and the journey they have to make to return to their society with a new solution to a problem.<p>The system, lol, I mean our culture and society, is very resilient to change. If it wasn&#x27;t, it would be a different system. A part of the resilience, the reason it doesn&#x27;t crash down into chaos and anarchy is because it rejects and ostracizes people with new ideas. It&#x27;s by design, how it evolved. However, it also needs to evolve and grow and the people who do that have to endure.<p>Not all people who are on this &#x27;Hero&#x27;s Journey&#x27; are correct. Disney isn&#x27;t addressing whether the crazy new idea is good or not, although in their media it is always a good idea, which is what Paul Graham is writing about. Their stories are addressing the journey a person endures if they have any crazy new idea that challenges their culture and society, good or bad. Whereas, Paul Graham is looking to quantify signals that a crazy new idea is good, something he should invest in. To which, I&#x27;d add asking if the person with a crazy new idea is honest, not only to other people, but more importantly honest to themselves, integrity. If a person can separate delusion from fact except for that one idea, that&#x27;s a signal.<p>[0]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;livingspirit.typepad.com&#x2F;files&#x2F;chris-vogler-memo-1.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;livingspirit.typepad.com&#x2F;files&#x2F;chris-vogler-memo-1.p...</a>