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> Seven out of ten isn't all that bad. Actually, it's pretty terrible - bear in mind that they could have picked ten (reasonably well-known) people at random,
by srl 15y ago
> Seven out of ten isn't all that bad.
Actually, it's pretty terrible - bear in mind that they could have picked ten (reasonably well-known) people at random, and chances are 8, 9, or all of them would be "has-beens" in four years.
- SwellJoe 15y agoThese aren't merely "reasonably well-known" people. They're people who changed the world in one way or another. Though, the people who had most changed the world back then, turned out to continue to change the world...their boldest choices turned out to be the most wrong. So, you might be right. Where they went bold, they got it wrong. Where they chose people obviously in decline (Ballmer, Schwartz, etc.), they turned out to be right...but it wasn't surprising to anyone (me included, as I remember reading this article when it was new).