The injunction to be nice is used to deflect criticism and stifle the legitimate anger of dissent.

Visionaries are limited by their visions.

People who bring transformative change have courage, know how to re-frame the problem and have a sense of urgency.

People are experience-rich and theory-poor. I help people organize / make sense of their experiences.

Did they know why they knew? Not at all. But the Knew!

I'm necessarily parasitic in a way. I have done well as a parasite. But I'm still a parasite.

You don't want to be first, right? You want to be second or third. You don't want to be - Facebook is not the first in social media. They're the third, right? Similarly, you know, if you look at Steve Jobs' history, he's never been first.