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> Increasingly you win not by fighting to get control of a scarce resource, but by having new ideas and building new things. I don't think the fighting has gon
by m52go 12y ago
> Increasingly you win not by fighting to get control of a scarce resource, but by having new ideas and building new things.
I don't think the fighting has gone anywhere. It's just changed its form. Any founder/salesperson will tell you it's harder than ever to get a prospect's or consumer's attention.
Being nice has nothing to do with the ageless struggle to stand out and triumph...grit.
Which, if you lack it, is the only trait I believe one can say is a sure shot to failure.
- return0 12y agoIndeed , academia almost pushes people to be mean. In general, wherever there's politics instead of an objective (like an experiment), or semi-objective (like a free market) measure of success, people tend to be mean.