9 Biggest Ideas Online in 2007
COMMENT, Global — Sometimes ideas matter. And to people all over the world.
How do I know?
Well simply, the most popular ideas 2thinknow tested online in 2007 were also the most intelligent. Not more Paris or Britney.
Readers, I’m proud of your intelligent choices…
The 9 Most influential Ideas 2thinknow posted online in 2008 were:
9. Drugs are a Major Problem
They are everywhere. Especially UK & Australia. There is now no cut-off point and drug use causes mental health issues. Mental Health is a critical area of our health.
> Illegal Drugs Scourge of Australia & UK
8. The Creative Generation -
The Young ones are not just Gen Y, X — they are the Creative Generation, as termed by 2thinknow.
> Creative Generation, not X & Y
7. American-Australian Exchange
Massive Interest in Australian politics economics environmental leadership, and more mundanely just getting here. Reinforcing 2thinknow position that long haul flights are a disincentive to cultural exchange.
> Flying from USA to Australia - the Easy Way
6. Return of Figurative Art -
Innumerable posts on art attracted much attention. Postmodern Art and Figurative art alike were popular, but always the figurative attracted the most attention. (Proving that what we are told to like and do like are different.)
> Top 7 European Art Galleries You Must Visit
> 7 Paintings You Must See in Paris, France
> Understand Moder Art, Understand Innovation
5. Satire is news -
When you don’t have real news, just Cele-britney and propaganda; satire becomes a way of speaking truth to power.
Like John Stewart & the Daily Show, or Australia’s Chasers.
> Satire As News - Daily Show & Chasers
…or the fun new office battle sport of Corridor Running.
4. End of cheap goods.
The time has come to end disposable thinking and oil-based goods.
> Easy Enough with Less Energy & Oil
3. Generation Change in Politics - Kevin Rudd’s Victory in Australia.
Intransigence and John Howard are out. Bush is next. Kyoto was ratified by Australia. And Bush turn off the lights.
> Kevin Rudd - Australia’s New PM
2. Learn more than One Language or Culture.
Almost our single Most popular Idea, on the basis you can and should learn French as as an example. This article is still be read, and yes Francophiles, most readers are from the USA.
> Why You can & Should Learn French
1. Europe’s importance in Future Innovation
As outlined in the Global innovation Review 2007 (revised recently) and numerous online mentions, mass media and articles.
The Review analyzed and ranked globally innovation cities, and provided other indexes for ranking innovation. The world’s first authoritative publication to do so.
Despite our anti-Kosovo independence piece attracting controversy, always those pieces on Vienna and Paris (#1 and # 3 global innovation cities, in 2thinknow rankings) attracted a great deal of interest. As did our pieces on Boston.
> The Review can be ordered from 2thinknow here
Who Read Innovation Ideas ?
USA. As some surprise to those who think the USA media-readers only seek sensationalism.
We had readers from small towns and big cities in States like Texas, California, Illinois, Oregon, Michigan, the Carolinas, and of course New York. Almost all 50 states.
So, in my experience, intelligence doesn’t conform to media stereotypes.
But also Paris, Vienna, Brussels, Frankfurt, Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome, Tallinn, Edinburgh, London, Bratislava, Turkey’s cities, Perth, Milan, Budapest, Bucharest, Sofia, Oslo, Dublin, Auckland, Chennai, Singapore, and cities deep inside mainland China or Russia.
To be precise people from 2,638 cities/towns worldwide.
Although our readers average around people in 975 different cities/towns per month.
Most readers of tabloid journalism simply don’t read where we post online.
But intelligence does not conform to stereotypes. And that may be the most important lesson of all.
The media choose to show ‘rubbish content’. We don’t all choose to read or watch it.
So if you’re trying to get intelligent ideas started in 2008, take heart.
Bonne Année!
Christopher
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