startup founders win [...] more on determination than brains. The simplest form of determination is sheer willfulness. [...] A good deal of willfulness must be inborn
>The medically uninsured only pose a financial threat to themselves
Uninsured Joe has an undiagnosed medical condition which causes him to black out but won't get it checked out because he knows he can't afford it, and it doesn't happen too often so maybe it'll go away. Joe blacks out while driving to his third part time job and slams into another car, killing himself and rendering the other car's passengers permanently incapable of working. You were one of those passengers. What just happened?
The difference is that Next had a technology; Apple bought something tangible with actual value and a real engineering investment. All loopt has is a "brand".
It's part of having a well-rounded education. I would be very hesitant to work with an engineer who refused to learn calculus because that ultimately harbors a culture of ignorance.
If you like shit pay, hard work, long hours, thrashing, anxiety attacks, frequent failure, rude "peer" reviewers, massive egos, grinding your teeth at night, pains in your hands, cut-throat competition, and near total isolation, then by all means pursue a PhD. It's the perfect high-risk/low-reward opportunity.
Finally! I've been waiting for an article about procrastination written by a man who did not finish high school who spends his time pretending that he is developing a strong AI.
As the day progressed, I expected someone to come out and say it. It was their masterpiece, after all. But ...love won out. He was always so patient and giving and eventually I was able to get over all these issues and really be in a position where I could love somebody...and I basically woke up one morning and realized that I was in love with him, and he was the man I would marry. So, I took him to the pier we launched canoes from, and told him how I had overcome all these issues and wasn't scared to let him in anymore and that I was so glad he failed in all his initial plans after college, because it meant we were together in Silicon Valley.
startup founders win [...] more on determination than brains. The simplest form of determination is sheer willfulness. [...] A good deal of willfulness must be inborn