Master of Imitation - Humans

When we are at the age of two it is when we human beings learn to walk. This is the stage we need to master all our movement right as seen by others. We humans imitate.

If we do not see and imitate how are we going to learn to walk? If we do not imitate how people talk, how are we going to talk?

Our language, our lifestyle, our fashion our movements and even our belief are all imitation. The previous generations have created this and we are just followers. Not many people here are creating something new in this world. Just look at today. How many history moving creations are there compared to the olden days? How many leaders are there in this world? And how many followers are there? In other words leaders =risk and followers =security.

Let say if a shoe company wants to introduce the type of shoe into Africa, the first mover company is taking all the risks. If they are successful most company will want a share of the pie. So any of you want to be the first?

A fake SD card and a real SD card. Almost every popular brand has an imitation

In our daily lives, we see lots of imitation goods around us. Some like it some don’t. Famous brands in fashion in equipments are imitated and sold in a much cheaper price? Is that right or wrong? Is imitation a bad thing? There is always both side of the coin. Imitation do “so-called” disrupt the earnings of the starter. But does it really affect them that much? But on the other hand imitation does help the starter in creating awareness. Will so many people know of LV products if not for the imitations? These indirect advertising actually helped LV-A free advertising for the original brand.

Now the human imitation comes in.

“If all my friends have LV bags, I should have one too” Is that thinking called original? Your LV bag may be original but are you an original or different human being? Why not just take a pouch and be original? Some people might say that they do not like imitation and wants to be original. The bad news is over 90% of people imitates consciously and unconsciously. They are just contradicting their own selves. If you want to be original you need to go against the norm and create something new like a new trend or fashion and not following.

Breast implants. Is Salma Hayek's original? Are those genuine or...?

As the saying goes- “follow by example”. We follow what people do and we try to create something that is quite similar to it and call it our own. This is where the word –“innovation” comes along. We copy some we add some we subtract some and we called it out original work.

To find a creator nowadays is so difficult. Creation is like creating a new language a new phenomenon that is out of this world. So are you a creator, an innovator or an imitator? You decide.