[magicjosh]

Huh I usually like Perell's stuff but this one seems a bit empty, like a cream puff without filling. The examples seem weak, for example the McKinsey story about smartphones is vague. Sure, people get things wrong, and groups certainly do. I wonder what the purpose of this piece is. Maybe there's 100 more pieces coming influenced by this dinner, this was just getting the crumbly cork out of the wine bottle.

Or maybe the secret is dinner with Pete was boring af.

[civilized]

Maybe this is petty, but any time the word "learnings" appears, my brain goes "this will be Business Blather, nothing of value will be said here, feel free to turn me off"

[magicjosh]

Yeah. It's a summation/averaging word. It's supposed to indicate "so much here" instead it means "nothing here".