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> If I am ambitious, why would I be an innovator in this system? Versus the person deciding who gets rich? Why would the person deciding who gets rich let some
by rfoo 6y ago
> If I am ambitious, why would I be an innovator in this system? Versus the person deciding who gets rich?
Why would the person deciding who gets rich let someone else become such person? I mean, it's not impossible, but is certainly very hard, risky and needs some unique skillsets.
Sometimes you don't have the choice, no matter how you are ambitious.
- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> Why would the person deciding who gets rich let someone else become such person? No man rules alone. And no man is immortal. If you are smart, ambitious and lucky enough to build a multibillion dollar company, you can put those faculties to work climbing the political ladder.
- rfoo 6y agoI agree, the system certainly encourages you to climb the political ladder, and overall this affects innovation, but things are not binary, what you described may be 100% correct in 60s and 70s, less so in 90s, and during the last 20 years I'd say for those who without background the expected P&L is worse if you play the political game, compared to the entrepreneur route.