Is it an ENTP thing to be irritated by obvious or overly simplistic and platitude filled, or exaggerated reactionary postings on-line - in the name of trying to “create value”? I admit this is a rehashing of something I journaled in a notebook when I was in a tired, frustrated mood about my own on-line marketing. There really is some good content out there. But we are not all journalists, and one substitute for being a good writer is simply to know who you are talking to. Of course relevance is foremost in importance, but at what point does this become a kind of psychological whoredom? Am I the only one who sees this as a troubling potential option while other people do it comfortably, or without even knowing they are doing it? My Ti is giving me hissy fits? My Ne wants to take my toys and go find a new playground?
I’ve always been too eclectic to genuinely fit in anywhere? I’m not talking about knowing how to fit in. I mean there may be no such thing as a group of like-mindedness? – For anyone? The concept of “tribe” is a big problem for me. I just can’t swallow a whole, total package “party-line” or indoctrination -or not for long. It’s disingenuous. Is everyone else faking it?
Do you ever start thinking the way to have a good life would be to become a cult leader, peddling nonsense, because most people just want the easiest, fastest way to feel good about themselves in the moment? I should give up on thinking and resign myself to becoming a professional panderer? In fact, sometimes I fear this is the true definition of growing up.
Actual political movements are not my complaint.
The necessity of playing politics is sometimes irritating for me but I’m not attacking any actual party or ideology or persons here. I believed in free markets when it meant building, inventing, and selling what the public deemed valuable; it’s different when your product is information though, isn’t it? Most of life is not 100 percent evil against 100 percent righteousness, or even about good or evil, the way we make it sound when we choose sides. In a free society we negotiate a contract of how to be operational and free as individuals in an interdependent functional marketplace. Being part of a marketplace isn’t limited to engaging in financial transactions; it could be as abstract or basic as human adaptation in an evolutionary, or “psychological type” sense. If we exist, we are making peace between our inner and outer worlds. Today’s adaptive concerns are different from the industrial age - but it’s still about our place in the herd?
Scrambled battle-lines?
This isn’t a pure theoretical discussion. I wonder if local business owners (my customer base for nearly 20 years) feel pressure to be like TV news journalists. It may not be enough to offer products and services ( and allocate resources for the best ad time-slot) they now have to become personalities on-line, in the sense they have to fit in with what their “readers” want to hear - and just milk it?
Being a user of Ti and tertiary fe, I accept marketing principals as facts of life. As a business owner, I appreciate how a sound bite (or text-message/subject line) world abhors complexity. I understand what a thesis is, and how emotion motivates, while analysis informs. Even if (or especially if) you are Mark Zuckerburg, it’s not enough to create a useful product, you have public perception and timing to master in order to be viable. Coolness, especially in some cases, is a legit part of perceived value. The herd mentality isn’t new, but our negotiations of what we are willing to do in exchange for what, are no longer confined to office hours, elections, family commitments, and a chosen circle of people we see, and do things with. It’s not just the big corporation’s marketing executive, and the neighborhood busy body with a large percent of life invested in PR.
The problem to solve from a business perspective, is about getting and keeping customers.
But has technology changed our expectations and perceived needs in more than logistics? Is this more than desperation in a slow economy? It’s no longer enough to create a better mousetrap; your product is now a new persona - with a profile page. People must relate to “you” and like what you stand for on a grander scale, through covert channels. You must jump on an ethical or philosophical bandwagon? You must tickle itching ears!
Mediocrity is not the solution.
The problem outlined above is resulting in the current butt load of Duh? that fills my in-box? Yours too? Dare we attempt to figure out who to tickle and who not to offend? As a business owner, knowing who your customer is has always been part of the job description, but today product placement is now a virtual location and you are negotiating shelf space in your customers mind.
I’ve always been too eclectic to genuinely fit in anywhere? I’m not talking about knowing how to fit in. I mean there may be no such thing as a group of like-mindedness? – For anyone? The concept of “tribe” is a big problem for me. I just can’t swallow a whole, total package “party-line” or indoctrination -or not for long. It’s disingenuous. Is everyone else faking it?
Do you ever start thinking the way to have a good life would be to become a cult leader, peddling nonsense, because most people just want the easiest, fastest way to feel good about themselves in the moment? I should give up on thinking and resign myself to becoming a professional panderer? In fact, sometimes I fear this is the true definition of growing up.
Actual political movements are not my complaint.
The necessity of playing politics is sometimes irritating for me but I’m not attacking any actual party or ideology or persons here. I believed in free markets when it meant building, inventing, and selling what the public deemed valuable; it’s different when your product is information though, isn’t it? Most of life is not 100 percent evil against 100 percent righteousness, or even about good or evil, the way we make it sound when we choose sides. In a free society we negotiate a contract of how to be operational and free as individuals in an interdependent functional marketplace. Being part of a marketplace isn’t limited to engaging in financial transactions; it could be as abstract or basic as human adaptation in an evolutionary, or “psychological type” sense. If we exist, we are making peace between our inner and outer worlds. Today’s adaptive concerns are different from the industrial age - but it’s still about our place in the herd?
Scrambled battle-lines?
This isn’t a pure theoretical discussion. I wonder if local business owners (my customer base for nearly 20 years) feel pressure to be like TV news journalists. It may not be enough to offer products and services ( and allocate resources for the best ad time-slot) they now have to become personalities on-line, in the sense they have to fit in with what their “readers” want to hear - and just milk it?
Being a user of Ti and tertiary fe, I accept marketing principals as facts of life. As a business owner, I appreciate how a sound bite (or text-message/subject line) world abhors complexity. I understand what a thesis is, and how emotion motivates, while analysis informs. Even if (or especially if) you are Mark Zuckerburg, it’s not enough to create a useful product, you have public perception and timing to master in order to be viable. Coolness, especially in some cases, is a legit part of perceived value. The herd mentality isn’t new, but our negotiations of what we are willing to do in exchange for what, are no longer confined to office hours, elections, family commitments, and a chosen circle of people we see, and do things with. It’s not just the big corporation’s marketing executive, and the neighborhood busy body with a large percent of life invested in PR.
The problem to solve from a business perspective, is about getting and keeping customers.
But has technology changed our expectations and perceived needs in more than logistics? Is this more than desperation in a slow economy? It’s no longer enough to create a better mousetrap; your product is now a new persona - with a profile page. People must relate to “you” and like what you stand for on a grander scale, through covert channels. You must jump on an ethical or philosophical bandwagon? You must tickle itching ears!
Mediocrity is not the solution.
The problem outlined above is resulting in the current butt load of Duh? that fills my in-box? Yours too? Dare we attempt to figure out who to tickle and who not to offend? As a business owner, knowing who your customer is has always been part of the job description, but today product placement is now a virtual location and you are negotiating shelf space in your customers mind.