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When Michael Schumacher won the race and became Formula One Champion, they asked him over radio how he feels. His response: "We did it, Ross you are the best!"

• esperent 4y ago
  Or maybe the other people involved are really, genuinely, just as important as him and there's no king, there's a team. Its human nature to pick out heros, say they did everything by themselves and idolize them. That doesn't mean it's real. It's just a story you're telling yourself. I've never heard about the people mentioned here, and I don't know anything about semiconductor manufacturing. Except that it's one of the absolute most complicated things humans have ever attempted and there's no way a single person could be the creator of an entire modern processor architecture. So I've been reading through this thread kind of surprised to see people saying this one person did so. But your comment made me realize it's just typical hero worship. Note: this doesn't belittle the work of anyone. Schumacher is an amazing driver, one of the best in the world. But saying he is responsible for winning formula one races belittles the work of the other people involved, engineers at the top of their game just as much as he is, and yet faceless to most people. He could be exactly the driver he is, or even a hundred times better, and without equally talented engineers behind him he'd still finish in last place. So did he win the races, or did they? Obviously, the answer is that they won together.
  • jkhdigital 4y ago
    I think the point being made above is that good leaders consistently and forcefully resist the invitation to take personal credit for accomplishments that is inevitably and repeatedly thrust upon them by the public eye.
  • scns 4y ago
    We (The Team) did it. The good King puts his people first, like Marcus Aurelius. One example of a bad King is the Tyrant.