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For the record, I'm not asking for Condi to step down or be removed. It would be hypocritical of me to do so--I openly criticized people on HN for asking Eich t
by m52go 13y ago
For the record, I'm not asking for Condi to step down or be removed. It would be hypocritical of me to do so--I openly criticized people on HN for asking Eich to step down.
From a pure business perspective: I just think it's a bonehead move on Dropbox's part, as other people could have brought similar value with less reputational damage.
Views on gay marriage have NOTHING to do with running Mozilla. Views on data security+privacy have EVERYTHING to do with leading Dropbox.
- thesimpsons1022 13y agowhy do you care about seeming hypocritical? do what you feel is right. in the words of Emerson: " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — 'Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. "
- m52go 13y agoThank you so much for posting this quote. It's not an uncommon one, but I've never seen the whole thing, i.e., the part after the first line. Point taken :)
- thesimpsons1022 13y agono problem haha :) thanks for not replying with a snarky comment. If you like this, you should read "self reliance" by Emerson. It is pretty short but wonderfully inspirational, I take care to read it every once and awhile.
- m52go 13y agoThat's exactly where I ended up! His wisdom is clear from his quotes, but it's something else to read those essays in their entirety. Great stuff.