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by zwkrt 1189 days ago
Another tech CEO realizing that the only way to sustain growth is to reject reality.
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There's also a charitable way to read that. You won't change the world by resigning yourself to its current state; you have to reject its current state. Which isn't to say this is the next big thing, just that big ideas start by rejecting reality.
A wise man one said, “I reject your reality and substitute my own”
I was gonna say I remember this from Mythbusters promos. Now, Adam was the Steve-O of the show, so take that quote with a grain of salt.
“We don’t want this”

“Not yet but you will”

Sounds like the story of every Apple product ever

That's a pretty fair summarization of the past, but this is unlike any Apple product ever. IMO, there's nothing Apple can do that will make a significant number of people want to buy and strap on a $3k headset.
And thus Apple became the most valuable company in the world by understanding that the first people to respond weren't their customers.
while you say reject reality, they believe create your own reality