Comments on: Don’t be Afraid to be Contrarian http://www.socrata.com/uncategorized/dont-be-afraid-to-be-contrarian/ Making Data Social - Open Data Services for Government Thu, 03 May 2012 01:06:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kevin Merritt http://www.socrata.com/uncategorized/dont-be-afraid-to-be-contrarian/#comment-6391 Kevin Merritt Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:12:42 +0000 http://blog.socrata.com/index.php/2008/02/18/dont-be-afraid-to-be-contrarian/#comment-6391 Thanks Marcelo. If anyone interprets my post as "just do the opposite" you are correct, that would be ill advised. Don't be contrarian just to be contrarian. But, if you believe the status quo to be fundamentally wrong, you should seek explanation, truth or better solutions. We could debate each person I cited, but it's hard to argue that deliberating sailing your vessel toward the perceived edge of the flat earth is anything but a contrarian view of the conventional wisdom of the day. Thanks Marcelo. If anyone interprets my post as “just do the opposite” you are correct, that would be ill advised.

Don’t be contrarian just to be contrarian. But, if you believe the status quo to be fundamentally wrong, you should seek explanation, truth or better solutions.

We could debate each person I cited, but it’s hard to argue that deliberating sailing your vessel toward the perceived edge of the flat earth is anything but a contrarian view of the conventional wisdom of the day.

]]> By: Marcelo Calbucci http://www.socrata.com/uncategorized/dont-be-afraid-to-be-contrarian/#comment-6390 Marcelo Calbucci Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:55:27 +0000 http://blog.socrata.com/index.php/2008/02/18/dont-be-afraid-to-be-contrarian/#comment-6390 I don't think all the people you list above were "contrarian". They were just in search of explanation, truths or better solutions. Being contrarian was just a consequence of their work. An advice like this might be pursued as "you want to do everything the opposite", versus (what I think you wanted to say) "challenge the status quo". BTW, here is a blog post about challenging the "status quo" of job posts: http://marcelo.sampasite.com/brave-tech-world/All-Job-Posts-Are-Ofensive-to-Ca.htm I don’t think all the people you list above were “contrarian”. They were just in search of explanation, truths or better solutions. Being contrarian was just a consequence of their work.

An advice like this might be pursued as “you want to do everything the opposite”, versus (what I think you wanted to say) “challenge the status quo”.

BTW, here is a blog post about challenging the “status quo” of job posts:
http://marcelo.sampasite.com/brave-tech-world/All-Job-Posts-Are-Ofensive-to-Ca.htm

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