![]() The web does not discriminate (although algorithms can weight towards positivity), the web allows for trolls, those who like to cast negative energy on every situation, those who want to cut down tall poppies. Thanks to the web, everyone can voice their opinion. If we don't do something, we won't even be at the table to be criticised positively or otherwise. Thankfully there is enough diversity of thought in the world to allow for difference of opinion, which in turn leads to different tastes.įirst we have to do something, create something, ship something, write something, achieve something, think something. Beyond that, no matter what we do in life we will never please everyone. Essentially, it refers to the resentment or envy of success of others or peers, also known as begrudgery. Tall Poppy Syndrome refers to the mindset where people who achieve more than most, those who put their head above the parapet are resented, criticised and cut down. This is (one of) the origins of Tall Poppy Syndrome. Thrasybulus understood this to mean " that it was necessary to make away with the eminent citizens". Periander lopped off the heads of poppies, which were growing nearby. ![]() He received the advice as not in words, but in the following way. Thrasybulus asked his fellow oppressor Periander of Corinth how he should govern his people. In his classic work ' Politics', Aristotle tells the story of the 7th century BC tyrant named Thrasybulus. ![]()
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