Posted: Dec 20, 2010 9:11 pm
iamthereforeithink wrote:The Damned wrote:iamthereforeithink wrote:I do think there is a high correlation between (almost psychopathic) ruthlessness and ability to succeed in business, even in startups and innovation-oriented industries. Look at Mark Zuckerberg. He screwed a few of his Harvard colleagues on his way to the top. Facebook was not a purely egalitarian endeavor. On the other hand, Linus Torvalds is a nice guy who started an open source revolution, but he doesn't seem to have made much money for himself.
That's a nice set of anecdotes, I do think there is scope here for not hard science but something credible.
Thanks for the names I have trouble remembering the names of assholes who got rich on the ripping off others.
Linus or linux?
The guy's name is Linus. The OS he developed is called Linux. While we are on anecdotes, there are probably counter-examples of "justice" eventually catching up with the most ruthless of them. Jeff Skilling of Enron comes to mind.
Oh yeah that ones a doozy, how well do you think BP did? I mean in the Iranian Operation Ajax rather than recently.
Government got the CIA involved in that one and overthrew a democracy for a Shah all in the name of better oil deals.