[cortesoft]

I think it is a bit unfair to call them myths; they are narratives. All stories are narratives, you can't simply dump EVERY fact about a situation. There are infinite facts and details about how a company came to be, and telling the full story is impossible. Instead, we look at the story, pick a narrative we want to tell, and tell it.

You HAVE to do this when telling a story, and all stories do this. While it is true that believing the narrative tells the full story is incorrect, it is also incorrect to say these stories are 'myths'. They are just one part of the full story.

[rossdavidh]

I don't know the truth of the matter, but the author of this article seems to be saying that the core idea at the heart of the Netflix founding narrative is, in fact, a myth. Whether that is the case or not, I don't know.