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bawolff 25 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Matt Mullenweg, Automattic's CEO, Seems Bound and ...

Ego doesn't go away just because you made a bunch of money.

duskwuff 25 days ago [–]

If anything, experience suggests it's the opposite.

marcus_holmes 25 days ago | [–]

There's usually a crowd of hangers-on who are feeding the ego and enjoying the perks.

They need someone to whisper in their ear "remember you are mortal" [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori

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