"They don't want you, they want your idea."
The battlefield of today's world are brains. And the resources? 'Ideas'. You can compensate for your origins, your looks and even your behavior too, if you posses a somewhat profitable idea. The whole world is searching for champions today, who can conquer the world not with shear might, but with their revolutionary idea.
And the most intriguing fact is, like all resources, it is running out. Most of you won't want to admit it (hell, even I didn't want to believe it at first, it was too pessimistic for my taste), but the more you deny it, the more you'll believe.
So, what now? Some people, by the grace of the most merciful (for heaven's sake, atheists, imagine someone!), have a factory of ideas running through their blood. However, those who are not-so-lucky, they have an interesting strategy; rather than occupying themselves in rigorous soul-searching, head-scratching, nut-boxing, they do the simplest thing in the world: they steal. These professional idea-snatchers will invade any country (I've nothing against Uncle Sam, he has a cool goatee), disregard any morals, break any rules to steal that idea from the innermost section of your brain. They will make great profits, will lead a sumptuous life, perhaps will grab a prize or two. If you are lucky, you'll get to sue them, but don't get your hopes up, you won't get anything of worth. Eventually, you or your successors will begin to idolize them.
What's the remedy then? Well, you can always sulk in the corner with the idea formed in your head, cursing everybody you see calling them losers, and dream big with your 'original' idea. This course of action has a consequence though, as you won't tell anyone about your idea, it will die with you and it will never see the light.
You can also avoid all that by choosing your friends carefully; but you knew that already, didn't you?
