> It struck me recently how few of the most successful people I know are mean. There are exceptions, but remarkably few. Does Paul know Musk, Bezos, Trump, Thi

> It struck me recently how few of the most successful people I know are mean. There are exceptions, but remarkably few. Does Paul know Musk, Bezos, Trump, Thiel, etc., etc.? It feels like this didn't age well. An optimistic product of its time. But perhaps it's a question of time horizon. Mean people eventually fail, but it's the political version of the saying, the market can remain irrational longer than you can stay solvent. Or perhaps "don't be mean" primarily applies to the "little people".