MacArthur - Clarkson Scale

I recently watched a re-run of Top Gear and it got me thinking. Ellen MacArthur was the star in a reasonably priced car. The discussion turned to the record breaking round the world sailing voyage.

Clarkson realised there are people like MacArthur who push the limits and people like himself who don't.

This made me think that perhaps we are all on a scale - the McArthur - Clarkson scale.

At one end you have those like McArthur who push the limits. This is not just physical but in all spheres. Great examples of this end of the scale are:
Sir Richard Branson - business and adventure
Sir Ranulph Fiennes - adventure and human endurance
James Dyson - invention
Bill Gates - business, IT

There are many more, please your suggestions in a comment and I'll post an updated list.

The other end of the scale is those who don't push the limits but simply push the remote:
Jeremy Clarkson
James May

There are more (not just Top Gear presenters). Post a comment with those who should be included.

If such a scale exists it leaves us with 3 questions:

1. Where are you on the scale?
2. Where would you like to be?
3. How do you make the transition?

Personally I occupy a middle ground. I occasionally push the limits of my own endurance, but in equal measure I push the remote. I’d like to move towards the MacArthur end of the scale, hopefully a new office location will enable me to cycle to work - a practical step towards getting fitter by pushing my own endurance.

Where are you at?

What's Happenning?

Well, I've been really quiet recently as work is going nuts. It feels like I'm working on a hundred projects all at once and there's just me to do it.

Still it's good to be busy right? You know busy is one thing running around trying to juggle multiple balls in multiple circuses is probably not good.

In some spare time I did manage to make it to @tynetwestival which was awesome. Loads of people having fun and raising money for charity water. This event represents the big revolution in internet technology.

The internet is an international network of computers at the simplest level. With tools like Twitter (follow me @nathj07) the social network is really taking - this is not just geeks with computers any more. While the Testival was happening in Newcastle it was also happening all around the UK and all around the world. All people who may not haveknown each other previosuly getting together to make something happen. All of that enabled by social networking.

That's what's happening - social networking is the future of the internent. theinternet is becoming less about machines andmore about people.