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I wonder how happy those people generally are? Maybe that would be a better definition of "successful".

• geohuz 7y ago
  Absolutely right! What is successful?
• 0kl 7y ago
  Some of them are very happy. Some of them are very unhappy. Success =/= happiness - I don’t see Sam saying it does.
  • ramblerman 7y ago
    > success =/= happiness If you say so. Bit of a weird definition of success though, no?
    • joncrane 7y ago
      Humans are irrational.
    • 0kl 7y ago
      > the accomplishment of an aim or purpose Not trying to be cheeky, but that you understand immediately that I’m not talking about happiness here tells you that success =/= happiness. We can argue over what we should consider successful, but in the context of what Sam Altman is saying it’s unproductive: we all know Sam is talking about professional success, and most of us also know there is more to life than professional success, but we (collectively) have been so burned out (either by not achieving it, or by missing out in our lives achieving it) chasing after professional success that have a knee jerk reaction to anyone talking about it. I also think it’s presumptuous of us to think Sam and whoever else did pursue success ambitiously are not happy - everyone’s definition of happiness is their own.
• StavrosK 7y ago
  In the end, what matters is having good friends and family, having your basic needs met so you don't have to worry about them, and having fulfilling things to do with your time. I think many people chase money/"success" because they think that's how they'll be happy, but being a millionaire probably doesn't correlate with having good friends.
• nestorherre 7y ago
  "A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do" Bob Dylan