> In a tech world with dozens of "amazing leaders", is it possible that some of them just got lucky? They took some shots in the dark, some got lucky, some got

> In a tech world with dozens of "amazing leaders", is it possible that some of them just got lucky? They took some shots in the dark, some got lucky, some got unlucky: can it be that simple? The path to success is deceptive, if you directly follow your objective you don't get there except for easy problems. Exploration and seemingly useless ideas are stepping stones to success, but you can only tell in hindsight. For example, neural nets go directly to the target, they follow the gradient to the desired outcome - that's their main limitation. Evolution on the other hand can sidestep these hard problems, but the price is much trial and error. I think Steve was one of these explorers who in hindsight were right.