All progress depends on the unreasonable man

# All progress depends on the unreasonable man “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ― [[George Bernard Shaw]] [Man and Superman](https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/376394) This one is tough because I both agree with the quote, but I don’t agree with the context (the ‘unreasonable men’ [[George Bernard Shaw]] was a big fan of included *both* Hitler and Stalin …)  [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/All+progress+depends+on+the+unreasonable+man) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/All+progress+depends+on+the+unreasonable+man)