famousringo said:
I agree. He's heavy into absolutism. Looking at absolutes can be useful in an academic context, but in the real world, most absolutes lead to a failure of one kind or another. Skillful compromise is the key to success. |
It's sort of his job, and from his crusade about Nintendo's "user-generated content focus"(?) and his writings about Mario games and their worlds and content I suppose he chose a job that goes well with his attitude.
I say that it's his job because basically analysts make a bet by voicing their position and then stalwartly stand by it until they win or lose against factual confermation. Sadly, most of the time they are not judged by their accuracy rate, but only upon their success stories. Thus, the "bet all and stand by your bet" behaviour is encouraged.
The guy liked the "blue ocean" and "disruption" works and started a whole new web life by using and abusing these tools. At this point it's not about what reality truely is, it's about how much it can be constrained into the shapes his adopted theories provide.
His bet as a political analyst smashed against the solid brick wall of reality already - he foretold a big victory for McCain against Obama, and went into convoluted poll analysis to prove his point - and it's about time that his other absolutisms are put to the trial of facts.
