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The best thing this guy did was nick someone else's good idea. I do not really follow WikiLeaks or its movement, I think they do some good but at the same time

The best thing this guy did was nick someone else's good idea. I do not really follow WikiLeaks or its movement, I think they do some good but at the same time endanger peoples lifes by their work. I have no real input on who should have won it but I would rather see Mark eating pot noodles in a skanky apartment somewhere. You may call this mis-placed jealousy on my part, I call it an undeserved win for a spotty teen. I doubt he has any real input in Facebook, rather it's run by the people who know what they are doing. Serious amounts of delegation. I have real respect for companies like Google. The guys there worked hard to get where they are and have some real brains. I read their paper which they published at Stanford on page rank, incredible stuff. They built their own db and servers. That's real talent. He made a website and got some people going to it. Suppose I could say the same for YouTube and eBay but I really don't think Mark deserves even 1% of what he has achieved.

abbasmehdi 16y ago
Chris, what you're saying is: not that MZ is awesome, he is super awesome! Because he is a billionaire without any talent or vision, and if you and I think we have talent and vision and got beaten by him, then who won? An idea w/o execution is worth $2, and great execution on a semi-foolish idea often results in a hit! Also, no idea is original; it’s all iteration on what exists already - like the saying goes: if you want to make apple pie from scratch, you'd first have to invent the universe. ;) I think what you're suggesting is totally true about Google dudes having brains, but Zuckster has brains too, he tapped into the human psyche, like myspace, orkut, hi5, friendster etc couldn't. Apples to apples you read a PhD thesis (guessing) and are comparing that to a u-grad. And finally, you cannot discredit him for not working hard (enough), that actually makes him smarter not dumber. ;)
- chrislomax 16y ago
  I appreciate no idea is original and there was a hole in the market. Friends Reunited has taken their position of power as a given and not done any major updates to the site in years. Plus their paid business model was obviously a failure. I am not really saying he is not that clever, don't get me wrong, I bet he has far more credentials than I ever will. What I am saying is, he doesn't deserve what he has. As you can see, I look at Google and appreciate their position and how they got there, I just don't get it with Mark. The question really was, do I think he should have been made "Person of the year", the simple answer is no, I do not. I like your objective comments though and can totally see where you are coming from.

abbasmehdi 16y ago

Chris, what you're saying is: not that MZ is awesome, he is super awesome! Because he is a billionaire without any talent or vision, and if you and I think we have talent and vision and got beaten by him, then who won? An idea w/o execution is worth $2, and great execution on a semi-foolish idea often results in a hit! Also, no idea is original; it’s all iteration on what exists already - like the saying goes: if you want to make apple pie from scratch, you'd first have to invent the universe. ;) I think what you're suggesting is totally true about Google dudes having brains, but Zuckster has brains too, he tapped into the human psyche, like myspace, orkut, hi5, friendster etc couldn't. Apples to apples you read a PhD thesis (guessing) and are comparing that to a u-grad. And finally, you cannot discredit him for not working hard (enough), that actually makes him smarter not dumber. ;)

chrislomax 16y ago
I appreciate no idea is original and there was a hole in the market. Friends Reunited has taken their position of power as a given and not done any major updates to the site in years. Plus their paid business model was obviously a failure. I am not really saying he is not that clever, don't get me wrong, I bet he has far more credentials than I ever will. What I am saying is, he doesn't deserve what he has. As you can see, I look at Google and appreciate their position and how they got there, I just don't get it with Mark. The question really was, do I think he should have been made "Person of the year", the simple answer is no, I do not. I like your objective comments though and can totally see where you are coming from.