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> Are you really so arrogant to think that other people are too lazy and stupid to think of your brilliant idea and that you are simply more intelligent than ev
by deeviant 5y ago
> Are you really so arrogant to think that other people are too lazy and stupid to think of your brilliant idea and that you are simply more intelligent than everybody else? Do you really think people haven't been trying?
I find it hard to believe I'm reading this sentiment on HN. Do you realize nearly any disruptive idea has do the "arrogant" thing you are speaking off.
Big companies go out of business all the time, industry disappear or wane all the time, big companies/industries with lots of smart people do stupid stuff on the regular. Characterizing the desire to do something other than status quo as "arrogance" is just the bottom of the barrel. I'm glad Semmelweis didn't think the way you do.
- jjeaff 5y agoI didn't understand their comment to mean that at all. It's not arrogant to think there might be a better way. It probably is arrogant to think that the better way is actually really simple and easy to implement. Arrogance definitely can play a big role in success of many startup entrepreneurs. Because they think the answer is simple and their arrogance shields them from not trying. So they go down the road and find out the solution is actually quite complicated, but a small percentage succeed in accomplishing the goal. But it's still arrogance, nonetheless.