http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/06/in-defense-of-field-of-dreams-technology Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:28:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/06/in-defense-of-field-of-dreams-technology#comment-420 Susan Smith Nash Thu, 12 Jun 2003 04:40:00 +0000 http://www.xplanazine.com/2003/06/in-defense-of-field-of-dreams-technology#comment-420 Susan, you're right on target. Building something new vs. 'cannibalizing of ourselves and our resources' as you nicely put it, are indeed the two great adversaries we are constantly faced with on a social and individual level (the business level is part of both). Either way entails risks. I agree with you that 'if you build it they will come', but this motto is not without qualification. Lots of people get too busy with the process and details of creation. They overly emphasize the power of the mind (here, I mean the intellect) and the power to act and they leave their hearts out. But how can they expect others to come if even they wouldn't want to go there? In the field of dreams the desire for something specific preceded the motto. It wasn't the desire to build (to get busy, to produce), but the desire to be, to experience... Susan, you’re right on target. Building something new vs. ‘cannibalizing of ourselves and our resources’ as you nicely put it, are indeed the two great adversaries we are constantly faced with on a social and individual level (the business level is part of both). Either way entails risks. I agree with you that ‘if you build it they will come’, but this motto is not without qualification. Lots of people get too busy with the process and details of creation. They overly emphasize the power of the mind (here, I mean the intellect) and the power to act and they leave their hearts out. But how can they expect others to come if even they wouldn’t want to go there? In the field of dreams the desire for something specific preceded the motto. It wasn’t the desire to build (to get busy, to produce), but the desire to be, to experience…

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