I read this quote on Friday, one I have seen before but not never pondered.
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." George Bernard Shaw
Be reasonable. Adapt to the world. Live a good life.
There is literally nothing wrong with that. This leads to a world that most consider functional.
"The normal way".
Be unreasonable. Get frustrated often by the way things are. Refuse to accept those frustrations.
Ask why a lot. Confuse people with your convictions.
Get called "mad", "bizarre"... "a dreamer".
The unreasonable see the need for change because the world does not fit into their crazy idealism. They see their crazy idealism as "normal". The unreasonable not only create products; they create markets. They see what you and I need and want before we know we need and want it. They create it, then they make us need and want it. They move the world forward.
You didn't know you needed Uber.
On an arbitrary evening in 2008, Travis Kalanick and Garret Camp had difficulty calling a cab.
A common frustration we previously accepted.
They didn't adapt themselves to a frustrating world, they adapted the world to them. Uber.
You didn't know you need Uber. Now you do. Market created, the world moves forward.
What are your main frustrations in the world? Have you adapted to them?
Ask yourself, are you unreasonable? Can you use your frustration to drive the world forward?
