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To some degree, this is like anything else in life, isn't it? The more successful/skilled/good you are at anything, the less you have to worry about whether you

by CM30 10y ago

To some degree, this is like anything else in life, isn't it? The more successful/skilled/good you are at anything, the less you have to worry about whether you're doing things the 'right' way. See for example, sports. A gifted athlete could quite easily defeat a far less gifted one with more 'technical knowhow' because they're simply more skilled by default and can hence make up for their inefficiencies or mistakes. Or maybe any RPG game ever made. Come across a super powerful character or grind your party 100 levels higher than everything else, and it doesn't matter what tactics you use; you're simply too powerful to lose. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScissorsCutsRock http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScissorsCutsRock And the same obviously with companies, individuals and money. Enough money means even a lot of stupid decisions will work out well, whereas a competitor with much less will simply falter in the same situation.

iamatworknow 10y ago
>See for example, sports. A gifted athlete could quite easily defeat a far less gifted one with more 'technical knowhow' because they're simply more skilled by default and can hence make up for their inefficiencies or mistakes. This is a surprisingly good analogy. Look at Steph Curry in the NBA. He takes a ton of awful long range 3-point shots, but he also makes a ton of them (45.4% in 2015-2016 compared to league average 35.4%). But some people are arguing that he's actually a detriment to the future of basketball because kids are emulating him instead of learning fundamentals: >"Even watching this weekend, everyone is trying to hit the three and there are a number of big guys that are pretty good that aren't seeing the ball at all," Johnson said at an EYBL stop in Indianapolis in April. "It's like guards feel like they have to shoot the three to reach their goals, but it comes at the sacrifice of actually playing a team game. There's a lot of guys chucking a lot of bad shots without actually knowing how to get their teammates involved and create for other people." http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2016/6/13/11876304/stephen-curry-youth-basketball-aa-mark-jackson-warriors http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2016/6/13/11876304/stephen-curry...

by CM30 10y ago

iamatworknow 10y ago

>See for example, sports. A gifted athlete could quite easily defeat a far less gifted one with more 'technical knowhow' because they're simply more skilled by default and can hence make up for their inefficiencies or mistakes. This is a surprisingly good analogy. Look at Steph Curry in the NBA. He takes a ton of awful long range 3-point shots, but he also makes a ton of them (45.4% in 2015-2016 compared to league average 35.4%). But some people are arguing that he's actually a detriment to the future of basketball because kids are emulating him instead of learning fundamentals: >"Even watching this weekend, everyone is trying to hit the three and there are a number of big guys that are pretty good that aren't seeing the ball at all," Johnson said at an EYBL stop in Indianapolis in April. "It's like guards feel like they have to shoot the three to reach their goals, but it comes at the sacrifice of actually playing a team game. There's a lot of guys chucking a lot of bad shots without actually knowing how to get their teammates involved and create for other people." http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2016/6/13/11876304/stephen-curry-youth-basketball-aa-mark-jackson-warriors http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2016/6/13/11876304/stephen-curry...