The Essential Bad Attitude

Manifesto for Heresy: Columbus Made Waves Right?

Christopher Columbus had the wrong attitude - obsessive and very much at odds with conventional wisdom. He reshaped the world.
Martin Luther had the wrong attitude toward the church, which he reformed.
Charles Darwin had the wrong attitude toward man’s origins and was attacked by both churchmen and scientists.
Charles Dickens had the wrong attitude toward child labor. The correct attitude was that sweatshops did urchins a favor by keeping them off the streets.
Martin Luther King had the wrong attitude toward subservience, as did Rosa Parks.
Ted Turner had the wrong attitude about TV news. The right attitude was that dignified gentlemen announced it once an evening.
The point is that anything’s possible as long as you have the wrong attitude.
[Pickens writer and social commentator Alan Gibson will elaborate on bad attitudes weekly for the Progress.]