[antt]

> The cult of personality ~~around Marissa~~ is just confusing ~~to me~~.

Lest we forget Elizabeth Holmes, Elon Musk, Steve Jobs and for those old enough to remember Bill Gates in the 90s.

If you're lucky you die before you start making terrible decisions. A quote from Napoleon that he supposedly said while in exile "Had I been hit by a canon ball on my entry into Moscow I would have been remembered as the greatest statesman and general the world had ever seen".

[Tomis02]

Bill Gates was actually very technical, so at least he had that going for him. Completely agree with the rest.

[antt]

He was, he also was acting like the founder of a tiny startup while being the CEO of the largest company in the world.

[JudasGoatse]

Elizabeth Holmes is the only appropriate comparison here. Those others were worshipped because they actually created value. Marissa never did that. In fact, like Holmes, she destroyed quite a bit of it.

[conradfr]

I guess sociopaths can do no wrong except live too long.

But it would be the opposite for Bill Gates wouldn't it?