Comments on: Spin Sucks http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/07/spin-sucks.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ben Casnocha http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/07/spin-sucks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1342 Ben Casnocha Sun, 31 Jul 2005 04:59:10 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=500#comment-1342 I think what this post is really saying is don't add an unnecessary layer of complexity (a la Seth Levine's recent posts) during the decision making process. But "spin," is, as the first commenter wrote, a reality of life. As I just wrote in my own post, the postmodernists have won and now everything is infused with endless perspectives and deconstructions of reality. Instead of hoping for a spin-less world (or decision making situation) I think it's better to figure out how to "manage the spin." And the first step in that direction is for everyone to get their biases on the table, for there is no such thing as an objective opinion. I think what this post is really saying is don’t add an unnecessary layer of complexity (a la Seth Levine’s recent posts) during the decision making process. But “spin,” is, as the first commenter wrote, a reality of life. As I just wrote in my own post, the postmodernists have won and now everything is infused with endless perspectives and deconstructions of reality. Instead of hoping for a spin-less world (or decision making situation) I think it’s better to figure out how to “manage the spin.” And the first step in that direction is for everyone to get their biases on the table, for there is no such thing as an objective opinion.

]]> By: Jack Krupansky http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2005/07/spin-sucks.html/comment-page-1#comment-1341 Jack Krupansky Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:56:02 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=500#comment-1341 Unfortunately, we can never completely escape from spin. Even a simple statement of "raw" facts will inevitably involve some spin. After all, our perception of even objective facts is driven by the angle at which we observe a problem. The latest NASA shuttle mission briefings are great lessons on the vast spectrum of spin that is possible. NASA is of course notorious for its spin. But the "objective" media are no-less susceptible to a variety of forms of spin. For example, NASA clearly stated that the latest foam problem meant that the shuttle won't fly again until the problem is fixed, but the media was insistent that the term "Grounded" needed to be used. Somehow, the image of an entrepreneur without any spin conjures up the image of the emperor without his clothes. -- Jack Krupansky Unfortunately, we can never completely escape from spin. Even a simple statement of “raw” facts will inevitably involve some spin. After all, our perception of even objective facts is driven by the angle at which we observe a problem.

The latest NASA shuttle mission briefings are great lessons on the vast spectrum of spin that is possible. NASA is of course notorious for its spin. But the “objective” media are no-less susceptible to a variety of forms of spin. For example, NASA clearly stated that the latest foam problem meant that the shuttle won’t fly again until the problem is fixed, but the media was insistent that the term “Grounded” needed to be used.

Somehow, the image of an entrepreneur without any spin conjures up the image of the emperor without his clothes.

– Jack Krupansky

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