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I'm digging the way we're having this conversation too, Konner. :-)

You wrote a great quote here:

Creative eccentrists make things like Second Life. Bloodsucking businessmen exploit it.

I want to expand on that. I'll toss out the 'bloodsucking' and 'eccentric' bit. :-)

First, eccentricity is just lunacy with money. If you can afford a psychiatrist, you are eccentric. If you cannot, you're just crazy.

Next, here's how it works:

(1) Someone has an idea. It may be the only good one that they have in their life.
(2) If they have money, they can do it themselves.
(3) If they are crazy rather than eccentric, they need to court money for it to happen. Funding comes into play.
(4) Money comes at a cost. If path 2 is taken and the person is not self-destructive, the path coincides with path 3.
(5) At some point, money and vision hit a balancing point - or so everyone involved hopes. This is where potential of both seems limitless. This is where big decisions happen.
(6) Now we go back to part 1 or die.

Oh, and as a subnote - I think it was Sarah Nerd that told me that Rosedale was taking pictures with everyone, which makes sense. I imagine a lot of people got pictures taken with Sir Philip, but only a few brag about it. It makes one wonder what they lack; if they need to fill some void with a snapshot then you might want to look harder at their business plans. :-)

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