'The Law of the Persistence of Entities: The natural tendency of ideas to exist, to resist the inevitable, and to persist.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The quote defines a law that ideas naturally tend to exist, resist change, and persist over time.
- In plain terms
- Ideas naturally persist and resist change.
- What can you take from it?
- Expect ideas to endure unless actively challenged.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do some ideas endure while others vanish?
- How can we encourage beneficial ideas to persist?
Another view
Not all ideas persist; many fade quickly.
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