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It seems to be really difficult for people to understand that a bad outcome doesn’t necessarily imply a bad decision, nor does a good outcome imply a good decis
by mikeash 8y ago
It seems to be really difficult for people to understand that a bad outcome doesn’t necessarily imply a bad decision, nor does a good outcome imply a good decision.
- hnzix 8y ago"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life."
- TomMarius 8y agoOne of my favorite Picard quotes.
- khoury 8y agoIt's sort of like texas holdem. You can play your cards the right way and fold on the flop, then the river comes and it turns out you would have won if you stayed in the game and played 'foolishly'.
- Finnucane 8y agoIf his role was to be a tie-breaker vote when Jobs and Woz couldn't agree on a next move, then it is true that there's no way to know in retrospect how that might have affected the company's fortune for better or worse, esp. considering all the ups and downs Apple has gone through. We see Apple as a big success now, but that was hardly a forgone conclusion twenty years ago.