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[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by Ankesh

Todays extreme is tomorrows mainstream.

As Chartreuse says: "you must understand the extremes if you want to understand the future because that’s where the middle (the mainstream) comes from."

Hi Ankesh,

Thanks... That's very interesting... And I think you're right!

As you point out, you could say the same for practically any new "trend", I think. Nowadays, everybody uses computers, but 30 years ago, they were mainly used by geeky hobbyists (which is the background people like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs came from). So, 30 years ago, they were "extreme"...

Fascinating - certainly gives you a lot of food for thought. What are the "extremes" of today which will become the "mainstream" of tomorrow?

Another example I can think of is body piercing, lip piercing, belly-button piercing, and so on. That used to be extreme, but it's much more mainstream nowadays. (It's probably still a little bit "extreme", but a lot less than it used to be.)

Your comments on "authenticity" are good too. I like to think that "authenticity" will always be in "vogue", but I dunno. However, Milli Vanilli (for those of us old enough to remember) fell from grace due to lack of authenticity...

Thanks Ankesh! Some great "gold" there...

Cheers,

Dien

P.S. If you haven't already, check out Ankesh's BlogClout How To Grow Your Blog Traffic blog (if you have an ounce of marketing blood in you). There's some great stuff there too.