Quoted by Jason on October 10 2008:
In the world of ideas, to name something is to own it. If you can name an issue, you can own the issue.
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5 comments so far
Tanner Christensen 10 Oct 08
Too true.
The next step would be to not just find an issue, but to own it as well.
shtikl 10 Oct 08
that’s why man owns all dem animals, right? ;-)
Sammy 10 Oct 08
Too true. Why, just look at the Friedman Unit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedman_(unit)
Barry Welford 10 Oct 08
A good one, but you had better check with Google that you really own it. :)
kadavy 14 Oct 08
I think this is why I loved the TV show, “The Pickup Artist,” so much. It’s interesting how Mystery has managed to create a vocabulary around social interactions (I think there’s more history behind it – not sure who really coined all of the terms). Doing so allows communities to form around interests – using the terms that YOU coined.
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