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He was a textbook narcissist. They're all about ego.
by wkat4242 1y ago
He was a textbook narcissist. They're all about ego.
- WalterBright 1y agoAnd Apple would never have existed without him.
- wkat4242 1y agoTrue, I'm not saying that. I'm sure without a big ego you won't succeed as a big businessman. I'm just saying he was a very typical narcissist and as such his ego would have been important to him (which is what the thread discussion was about). I didn't state any moral judgment there (though I do have one which I elaborated on elsewhere)
- WalterBright 1y ago> I'm sure without a big ego you won't succeed as a big businessman I agree. Unconfident people will never take the personal risks needed to get big.
- throawaywpg 1y agoand in fact many unconfident people feel its somehow immoral to feed their ego in this way
- wkat4242 1y agoHaving confidence isn't necessarily a good thing of course. Neither is 'getting big'. A lot of politics and industry is made up by vacuous people selling hot air these days. Too much confidence, too little respect and knowledge.
- fuzzfactor 1y agoPeople even more confident than the egoists can have the very same feeling.