Popular doesn’t always mean good

Last year, Seth Godin was interviewed on Guy Kawasaki’s podcast and spent a while talking about the difference between something being “popular” and being “good”. Seth simply said:

The problem is this: somewhere along the way, someone said “popular” and “good” are related. They’re not!

If you take a moment to look around, you’ll see this manifest in many different areas.

• You have stories like “Fifty Shades of Grey” that are very popular, but generally seen as not being very good.