How valuable are your ideas?
Many people say their ideas define them, but how valuable are they really? Would you renounce a held belief in return for a billion dollars? Or to save a life?
My ideas are worth nothing to anybody but my self. However, what may ultimately prove to be of worth is that which I accomplish with my ideas. Let us say, for instance, that my "ideas" form the basis for a bestselling novel; is the idea itself worth a million dollars, or what I do with the idea? My ideas are my thoughts, and I myself am the sum of my thoughts. I could renounce belief in an idea of mine for a billion dollars, but saying that I've renounced a belief does not mean that the idea is any less potent in my mind. 1
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I think ideas are one of the most important things man has as it separates us from animals. I would like to believe that I would not give up my idea in return for something because, at the end of the day, you are selling yourself out. Also, as famously said in V for Vendetta: 'ideas are bulletproof', though money is. Side: Very
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