NYT BEST IDEAS OF THE YEAR?

Posted on January 3, 2004 by Dave Pollard

espressoIf this list of the 67 most important new ideas of 2003 is at all accurate, we have great cause for alarm. It’s largely a list of derivative solutions in search of problems. Has the world really become this unimaginative? And is this really the best that the world’s largest and most esteemed newspaper could come up with in a year that produced more new intellectual property, more new critical problems, and more new tools for problem solving than ever before?

I’d prefer to believe that the authors of this list just weren’t looking in the right places. Their list has Social Networks on it, though the writers don’t seem to realize what they’re about or their true potential. But the list doesn’t mention the World of Ends, the Power Law, Offshoring, or the Tipping Point, certainly among the most important new ideas of the year.

During January, I’ll be reviewing what I think were the most important ideas of the year, in 5 parts:

  1. the blogosphere,
  2. business,
  3. politics & economics,
  4. arts & sciences, and, of course, 
  5. the environment

I’d love to see your lists — I’d bet together we could come up with a much better list than the Times.

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1 Response to NYT BEST IDEAS OF THE YEAR?

  1. Chris Corrigan says:
    January 3, 2004 at 20:55

    Funny how The Tipping Point has finally tipped, several years after the book was originally written. That’s a case study in itself., eh?

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