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This is the guy that deemed the Nintendo Wii avatar acceptable for his big Metaverse reveal. He also, I suppose, signed off on Meta's also-ran TikTok competitor.

Perhaps being a billionaire changes your view on perfection but I'm not sure I buy the narrative about him being a perfectionist given how decidedly mediocre a lot of what he's touched is.




Aping Steve Jobs without anywhere near the same sense of style. A perfectionist of crafting the mediocre experience. Also the line about caring that they were "humans" and not "users" is particularly rich. I am not doubting he probably said something like this, but I doubt his sincerity knowing everything we do about the man now.


Turns out becoming a billionaire is not about being a super genius at everything for all eternity.

Actually it's more like ten percent luck, twenty percent skill, fifteen percent concentrated power of will, five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain. Wait, what were we talking about?


I think it's way less than 20% skill, and way more than 10% luck.


Oh, absolutely. I just got caught up by the lyrics to Fort Minor - Remember the Name.




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