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Your argument has so many negations that it's impossible to follow. Article quotes Thiel out of context (NEGATION), exactly reversing (NEGATION) his intended m
by CalChris 7y ago
Your argument has so many negations that it's impossible to follow.
Article quotes Thiel out of context (NEGATION), exactly reversing (NEGATION) his intended meaning (this is the cost of saying unpopular (NEGATION) things, I guess).
“If your product requires advertising or salespeople to sell it, it’s not good enough (NEGATION)” and “Technology is primarily about product development, not distribution (NEGATION)" appear in Zero to One as the wrong (NEGATION) lessons from the dotcom crash. Thiel is saying this to establish what he doesn't (NEGATION) believe. In fact, that entire chapter is dedicated to convincing techies that sales and advertising do matter (implied NEGATION).
With all due respect, and maybe it's a lack of coffee, but I haven't got a clue what you're trying to say.
- king_panic 7y agoTry the coffee
- neosat 7y agoInteresting observation! FWIW I read the original poster's comment and understood it very easily and felt the negations flowed fairly naturally in their sentence. Good observation nonetheless!
- idoby 7y agoGood point. I think it was lack of coffee for me too, I guess (and please allow me to hide behind English, as it isn't my first language). Also, some of those negations are part of the original quotes, it would feel wrong to edit them, for me. I'd edit the original comment but it feels wrong now that there are child comments. I'll try to do better in the future.