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On average, those who enter a field using money are less accomplished than those who enter a field using experience. Obviously.
by thoroughburro 2y ago
On average, those who enter a field using money are less accomplished than those who enter a field using experience. Obviously.
- ethbr1 2y agoI think it has to do more with being honest about ones core competencies. There are tons of people who enter a field because they're rich, hire great people, connect those great people with money, and do very well. There are also rich people who believe wealth qualifies them as subject matter experts, which tends to go less well...
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoIsaacman seems to have his shit together.
- dboreham 2y agoAlso a nice guy. Perhaps not unrelated.
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoBranson is supposed to be a really decent chap. I suspect a lot of it has to do with who you surround yourself with, and how much agency you give them. One word that rich people almost never hear, is “no.” Even really nice ones don't hear it often. That means that almost any rectally-sourced, harebrained idea they squeeze out, is treated as genius, by their entourage. I know a number of fairly wealthy people, and some of them won’t have anything to do with me, because I say the “N” word. Others, actually ask me what I think. People rapidly learn that asking me for my input means getting an answer that is honest, but not one they might want to hear (and that answer might be "I don't know."). They don’t always give it much weight, but at least they ask. Those folks are not always the ones you might consider “nice,” though. Just anectdata, though, and the community we share has some traits that reward Honesty and seeking counsel from others.
- amiga386 2y ago> Branson is supposed to be a really decent chap. Do yourself a favour and read the Tom Bower biographies of him, e.g. Branson: Behind The Mask In fact, you can a get a good understanding of him indirectly through the testimony in Tubular Bells: the Mike Oldfield story https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=877&v=UQLDGpcgNTM https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=877&v=UQLDGpcgNTM e.g. John Giddings says of Branson "He was a chancer. He was prepared to gamble and go for it. He was percieved as a visionary, putting it all together, but really he was importing records illegally and flogging them, right? He was a second-hand car salesman."
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoThat doesn't necessarily mean he was a not-nice person. He's actually fairly well-known for treating his employees well. One of the reasons his TV show wasn't so popular, was because he wasn't into pitting the contestants against each other, and firing the losers.
- ryandrake 2y agoFun Fact: Richard Branson had such an antagonistic relationship with Mike Oldfield, that Oldfield included a segment in one of his albums where he plays a guitar with staccato notes that spelled out "Fuck Off R.B." in morse code[1], recording under Branson's own label. 1: https://www.mikeoldfield.org/amarok https://www.mikeoldfield.org/amarok
- pylua 2y agoIs this really true? Arguable lance stroll is better than Logan in f1.
- _Wintermute 2y agoArguably Logan was in F1 to draw American audiences and sponsors, also his uncle is a billionaire.
- rowanG077 2y agoThe comment did not make clear she bought the position. It almost seemed more like it was implying anyone who is family of some rich guy can't accomplish anything themselves.