Comments on: Potential versus Performance

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:54:23 +0000

Great post, Kyle. I've heard several people (including supporters of the president's policies) say that the honorable thing to do is to decline it, though I doubt that's crossed any of the minds in the White House. I personally feel it cheapens the value of the Nobel prize and calls their judgment and motives into serious question. Even worse, I fear it feeds the strange obsession of so many in the word that believe if you simply insist something is true (potential) without *ever* delivering on it (and in many cases, delivering the very opposite of what you promise), that your mere insistence counts as more true than the reality of what has transpired.

By: chownage

chownage — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:37:57 +0000

I agree with you David. Thanks for the read and compliment.

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By: David Michael Fong

David Michael Fong — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:10:51 +0000

If he had any class, he'd say he was honored but decline it. Great read, Kyle.