> Can pg speak Chinese without strong Chinese accent? I'm sure he'd agree it would be foolishness for him to launch a startup in China, pitching to Chinese inv

> Can pg speak Chinese without strong Chinese accent? I'm sure he'd agree it would be foolishness for him to launch a startup in China, pitching to Chinese investors and customers. The "half a brain" comment could have been better phrased, but that wasn't part of the essay -- it was off-the-cuff in a spoken interview, so he didn't have the opportunity to have 5 people read it and tidy it up before it was published (as he does with the essays). About role models -- they're all like that. Anyone you may take as a role model is going to have flaws, going to make mistakes, going to sometimes say the wrong thing or make the wrong decision. Sometimes they'll regret it themselves (privately, or publicly) and sometimes not; sometimes they won't even notice they've screwed up. If you don't see the flaws yet, it's because you don't know them well enough yet. Don't lose your inspiration, though. Take your role models off their pedestals, and keep looking for new admirable behavior.