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I heard a lot of surprising stuff at Bloggercon, including someone comparing Dave Winer to Socrates.
(Disclaimer, revelation, whatever: I really like Dave Winer. In person, he is awesomely smart, creative, energetic, and kind. I think he did a great job on BloggerCon, to which I got a comp ticket, and which I loved.) OTOH, Socrates in his own day was not the remote marble icon we picture today. Socrates was a feisty and disruptive public figure. He promoted his own world view wherever he went. People who knew about him were sharply divided between those who admired him and others who longed to see him take a fall.* Another amazing similarity, both Socrates and Dave go for beards and comfy clothes–I’ve never seen either one in a three-piece suit. So is Dave really like Socrates? Hell, no–what were you thinking? Nevertheless, I’m grateful for your analogy, which gave me the excuse to graft a photo of Dave by Dan Bricklin onto this gif of a statue of Socrates. There is photo-news from BloggerCon to come…. |
* Memo to Andrew Orlowski: Do you have any idea how stupid your “dog-licking-his-balls” meme makes you look?
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1 Seth Finkelstein // Oct 5, 2003 at 11:36 pm
Socrates was controversial in Athens because he was a friend/supporter/advocate of dictatorships.
No similarities that I can see, from any angle.