CG sounds a little offended upon my behalf:
Did you read this article? It’s a pretty blatant TIA rip-off. Sorry you
don’t receive any credit.
Despite being taken directly from TIA, this may actually be less of a “rip-off” than another article I saw recently in a mainstream news article that read as if had come right out of a recent WND column. But this doesn’t bother me in the slightest, in fact, I regard it as in some ways being the ultimate compliment.
What such citations mean is that it the ideas rather than the personality are making their way into the mainstream. We’re seeing this with Roissy and Game, and we’re also seeing this in a lesser way with various concepts that I’ve been banging on for years now. Since I’m not pursuing a career as a talking head, it doesn’t really matter if I get the ego boost from seeing my name in print or not, and let’s face it, of all the egos in the world, mine must be among the least in need of boosting.
It’s a good thing that the ideas are able to be transmitted in places where their attachment to my identity may handicap them. The most influential thinkers are not always those whose names are most recognizable; Paris Hilton and Richard Dawkins are both famous, which examples I trust underline the complete lack of intellectual significance of fame.