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"He pointed out Apple’s headquarters, then Hewlett-Packard and a number of other big tech companies, the individual explained. Then he pointed to Facebook and s
by thwarted 15y ago
"He pointed out Apple’s headquarters, then Hewlett-Packard and a number of other big tech companies, the individual explained. Then he pointed to Facebook and said that it would eventually be bigger than all of the companies he had just mentioned, and that if I joined the company, I could be a part of it all."
This sounds vaguely familiar.
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. -- Matthew 4:8-9
(edit: it's a common theme, one of the oldest is in the Bible, and most are most likely appropriated from there)
- pilgrim689 15y agoOh please.
- thwarted 15y agoI seriously doubt it played/plays out as described, but it seems too strong a similarity (it's a classic Temptation of Christ description, which m__ pointed out below also makes an appearance in The Lion King) to not be the intent of the author of the OP to be hinting at.
- 18pfsmt 15y agoA similar comment was left on the Business Insider[1] post earlier this morning. It does seem quite hyperbolic an insinuation. [1]http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-walk-in-the-woods-2011-7 http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-walk-in-the-w...
- kmfrk 15y agoSearch your feelings; you know it to be true.
- gwern 15y agoI was actually thinking of _Star Wars_: "Join me, and together we will rule the Valley as CEO and employee!"
- joejohnson 15y agoI was thinking of the Lion King.
- baguasquirrel 15y agoWell it works, doesn't it?
- Florin_Andrei 15y agoThat was funny.
- pkaler 15y agoIt's a design pattern for stories called monomyth or The Hero's Journey. It's the same pattern found in the Bible, Star Wars, and many other epics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth Stories are important to humans because that is how we understand the world around us.
- teralaser 15y agoMy first thought was of Steve Case (AOL CEO), who said something similar in 1998-2000. (1) http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/03/30/240097/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/... (couldnt find an exact quote though)
- noonespecial 15y agoOh. I know how this one ends. Nothing left but a broken and forgotten fragment with "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" carved on it.