Charlie StrossNov 14, 2024
The problem is the folks in clown shoes set a climate that attracts competent but evil shitbags, eg. the way Himmler (a jumped-up chicken farmer) ended up with henchmen like Heydrich and Eichmann.
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Show threadCharlie StrossNov 14, 2024
@SvenGeier If you want a contemporary example, just consider the wild success of SpaceX *DESPITE* Elon Musk, which is largely attributable to COO and President Gwynne Shotwell. Now imagine the unambiguously evil equivalent ...
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@cstross @SvenGeier I’m not a Musk fanboy (not by a longshot) but for whatever reason he did manage to make both Tesla and SpaceX into multi-billion dollar businesses which completely transformed their industries.

This required more than just luck.

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PayPal Money: Right place right time. And then rolled that into other enterprises.

I can't speak to SpaceX, but at least in the case of Tesla, he bought an existing company that had already built a stellar team and ensured it had enough capital to take their product into production. (The title of "founder" was just part of the purchase agreement.)

If you start the game ahead, it's easy to compound your winnings.

Nov 14, 2024 at 1:33pmWeb