If you disagree, I would argue you have a very sad view of the world, where truth and cooperation are inferior to lies and manipulation.
If you disagree, I would argue you have a very sad view of the world, where truth and cooperation are inferior to lies and manipulation.
"Successful people create companies. More successful people create countries. The most successful people create religions"
This definition of success is founded on power and control. It's one of the worst definitions you could choose.
There are nobler definitions, like "Successful people have many friends and family" or "Successful people are useful to their compatriots"
Sam's published definition (to be clear, he was quoting someone else and then published it) tells you everything you need to know about his priorities.
""Successful people create companies. More successful people create countries. The most successful people create religions."
I heard this from Qi Lu; I'm not sure what the source is. It got me thinking, though--the most successful founders do not set out to create companies. They are on a mission to create something closer to a religion, and at some point it turns out that forming a company is the easiest way to do so.
In general, the big companies don't come from pivots, and I think this is most of the reason why."
Sounds like an explicit endorsement lol
He’s dissecting it and connecting with the idea that if you a have a bigger vision and the ability to convince people, making a company is just an “implementation detail” … oh well .. you might be right after all … but I suspect is more nuanced, and is not endorsing religions as a means of obtaining success, I want to believe that he meant the visionary, bigger than yourself well intended view of it.
That tells us, at the very least, this guy is suspicious. Then you mix in all the other lies and it's pretty obvious I wouldn't trust him with my dog.