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Dean is wrong most of the time, but he's doing it so frequently that it doesn't matter. The couple of hits made him pretty damn wealthy.
by Devilboy 17y ago
Dean is wrong most of the time, but he's doing it so frequently that it doesn't matter. The couple of hits made him pretty damn wealthy.
- jacquesm 17y agoI know people that are never wrong. They also don't accomplish much, in fact they are so 'safe' I doubt they'll ever do something in the first place. If you do a lot chances are that you'll be wrong plenty of times. Given the average score of hits:misses Dean Kamen is comfortably outperforming pretty much any poster on HN, on top of that he seems to be a half decent human being trying to solve problems that really matter. His success rate is only part of the picture. Sure he's got an ego and there seems to be a disconnect with respect to how some 'ordinary' people perceive his products. But I guess that once you reach that level you have to be a very balanced person not to let it get to you in some way. There is some correlation between having a billion dollars in excess income and being out of touch.