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Hit driven mentality

The iPhone and iPad are essentially different versions of the same product, originally launched in 2007. They could even be considered major evolutions of the iPod, which launched in 2001. Prior to that, the Mac launched in 1984. When you construct straw piñata it’s really easy to take swings at them, but this idea that Apple has to suddenly start spewing out new product categories every few years does the grossest of disservices to everyone. It’s the hit-driven mentality that plagues Apple, not drives them.Rene Ritchie

I wonder if trying to live up to this sort of expectation is what made Michael Jackson so eccentric later in his life.

I wonder if trying to live up to this sort of expectation is what made Michael Jackson so eccentric later in his life?

Tradition

Tradition however is also used as an excuse to preserve privilege; which highlights the greatest flaw of tradition: it cannot justify itself. Tradition employed for it’s own sake is only to do so because it was always done so; ignorant of refinement, ignorant of progress, ignorant of learning and development. If anything, traditions should be challenged each time they are observed to ensure that they still bring meaning and benefit to our lives — however ephemeral or insubstantial that benefit may seem. David Dennis

This is one reason I sometimes cringe when I hear some people use the word tradition while doing something that excludes a person or a group of people. I see how the word "tradition" is used to justify religious, sexual and racial bigotry.

Do not believe in anything ...

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. Buddha via Ted Gonder at Svbtle

Think for yourself.