[balsam]

You might have just stumbled upon the Ozic secret of the Silicon Valley. Most of the guys who have made it rich so far did so on the ideas of others (while those who had grand ideas didn’t ship them).

When a core tenet is making things other people want, you tend to uplift folks who have no great thoughts of their own to sell.

I can imagine an Orwellian doublespeakessay on Steve Jobs called, “Saying No As The Only Act of Creation”.

Manager, meet thy Master.

PS: Was reading some Thiel approved Girard today, he mentioned something about the nihilism in society in which the secret of success being all about signaling success.

[ssivark]

> PS: Was reading some Thiel approved Girard today, he mentioned something about the nihilism in society in which the secret of success being all about signaling success.

I'm curious to know the source/reference. Thanks!

[deafpolygon]

> the Ozic secret

Can you expand on the origin of this? I tried googling, but it failed me.

[cowabungamann]

wizard of oz?

[deafpolygon]

Is it?

[balsam]

Uh yeah.. also a hint of “Ozark” in there, to make it uh .. taste like nepotism