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彼得·泰尔(Peter Thiel) - 知乎首页知乎知学堂发现等你来答切换模式登录/注册彼得·泰尔(Peter Thiel)彼得·泰尔( Peter Thiel,1964年 ),作为支付服务PayPal创始人,泰尔获得了巨额财富,并投身风险投资行业,投资对象包括Facebook、LinkedIn、Palantir Te…查看全部内容关注话题管理分享百科讨论精华视频等待回答切换为时间排序如何评价彼得·蒂尔 (Peter Thiel)《从 0 到 1》(Zero to One) 一书?一欧愿有平静而强大的力量只说感受,不做摘纳。绝对主观,杜绝平庸地说一下。 ---------------- 我的理解,这是一部商业风险大作。 怎么说呢,引用另一部风险大作《黑天鹅》的作者Taleb评论: “当一个有 冒险精神的人写书了,你务必读一遍;如果这个作者是Peter Thiel,就要读两遍;可是,为了保险起见,请你读三遍。”大多数商业书籍为了叫卖,通常会告诉你如何组织战术,才会得胜。没有人讲如何冒险地去做生意,但是商业环境里最大,…阅读全文赞同 26815 条评论分享收藏喜欢PayPal 的创始人 Peter Thiel 是一个怎样的人?有什么故事?何明科创业等 7 个话题下的优秀答主用一句话可以概括如今的Peter Thiel,X + Palantir + Founders Fund。 一、XPeter Thiel,这位是奇葩的牛,自由穿梭于法律、金融、投资及创业之间。斯坦福本科及法学院JD的高材生,他毕业后给法官打过杂,给瑞士信贷银行做过衍生品交易,然后还创立过一个二级市场的基金Clarium Capital,从历史看不是很成功。他还创立了另外三只不太有名的基金:Clarium Capital,专注于早期的Valar Ventures和专注于成长期的Mithril Capital Ma…阅读全文赞同 31716 条评论分享收藏喜欢Peter Thiel 关于高等教育泡沫的看法有道理吗?为什么?梁潇华只回答政史问题的学计算机体系结构的伪码农第一:绝大多数有这个想法的人都是接受过高等教育,尤其是精英高等教育的人,至少这从统计学的角度说明了一点:接受过精英教育的人更容易跳出自己和这个社会的思维固态去重新思考自己的人生和社会的意义,而这种能力对于社会还是个人都是非常有必要的,这是精英教育潜移默化的一种产物: think about the bigger picture. 第二:从某种意义上讲,我们生活在一种特例组成的假象中(就像墨菲定律虽然表面上是“坏情况总是在不该发生…阅读全文赞同 70852 条评论分享收藏喜欢聊聊 Thiel FellowshipSuji Yan/*前面都是废话,干货是 ppt,欢迎打赏*/ 很早就听说过 Thiel Fellowship。创始人 Peter Thiel 几乎不需要介绍,他除了共同创立(或投资) Paypal, Facebook, Palantir 等公司、写畅销书《从零到一》等成就之外的一大爱好就是劝人退学。美剧《硅谷》中的 Peter Gregory 就是以 Thiel 为原型,他对大学的想法就是——大学有毒。 Thiel 的不读大学理论,总结下基本上就是——如果你很屌,比如你已经考进名校了,那还读个屁大学,混…阅读全文赞同 12231 条评论分享收藏如何评价彼得·蒂尔 (Peter Thiel)《从 0 到 1》(Zero to One) 一书?美第奇效应公众号:美第奇效应特朗普背后的大金主,脸书第一个投资人、董事会成员和扎克伯格最重要的顾问之一,彼得泰尔,在任职17年后,将会离开脸书董事会。美式文攻武斗的大火,已经烧到投资圈? “PayPal黑帮教父”彼得泰尔今天,一个新闻颇令人意外。 脸书的早期投资人,硅谷著名投资家,在脸书董事会任董事17年之久的彼得泰尔,将会退出脸书董事会,理由是“要推广特朗普理念” [图片] 彼得泰尔这个人挺神奇的。 他生于西德法兰克福,拥有美国国籍,是著名企业…阅读全文赞同 4添加评论分享收藏喜欢PayPal 黑帮的成员现在做什么园长搬运工简评:PayPal 黑帮的成员,在互联网历史上有着举足轻重的地位。放眼现在,都是一方霸主。来让我们看看 这 14 个帮会成员现在在做什么。 [图片] " PayPal Mafia "(PayPal 黑帮)指多位参与创立多家明星科技公司的 PayPal 创始人、前高管、员工。“PayPal 黑帮系” 公司包括 LinkedIn、YouTube、Tesla Motors、SpaceX、Solar City、Yelp、Palantir Technologies、Geni、Yammer、Kiva、Slide 等。 PayPal 黑帮成员主要包括: Icon 级人物: …阅读全文赞同 472 条评论分享收藏PayPal 的创始人 Peter Thiel 是一个怎样的人?有什么故事?卢毅luis创业等 2 个话题下的优秀答主他(曾)是亿万富翁、国际象棋大师,纽约顶级律所的执业律师、两家硅谷科技公司创始人。 他是明星风险投资家,对冲基金经理、衍生品交易操盘手、畅销书作家、斯坦福商学院的老师、公共演讲者、硅谷思想家。 他就是《从零到一》的作者,彼得·蒂尔 (Peter Thiel),一个在当地较为古怪的人。 生而为赢的前二十年 1967年他出生在德国,小学时父母搬到美国旧金山Foster City,成为硅一代。 [图片] (左边是Peter Thiel) 他是一个数学天才,也…阅读全文赞同 62564 条评论分享收藏喜欢成立 17 年未盈利,这家硅谷大数据公司凭什么让投资人愿意掏腰包?极客公园科技等 3 个话题下的优秀答主Palantir 在过去取得的成功可以部分归结于它的「政治立场」,但这也成为悬挂在它头顶的达摩克利斯之剑。传言美军在捕杀本拉登的行动中,这家公司提供了技术支持。 Google 因员工强烈反对,退出五角大楼的国防合同(Project Maven)后,这家公司接手了。 特朗普政府采取对非法移民「零容忍」政策,将儿童与监护人分开安置在边境拘留所,许多科技公司 CEO 公开谴责,这家公司却声援它最重要的客户。 它就是美国最神秘的大数据公司 …阅读全文赞同 6添加评论分享收藏如何评价彼得·蒂尔 (Peter Thiel)《从 0 到 1》(Zero to One) 一书?财运小天使看完这本书的结论是:它有一些利于新手创业避雷的小知识点。 [图片] 在分享这些知识点之前,还是中肯的表达一下”为什么这本书在2015年发行的时候火了一阵子突然沉寂下来“? 原因之一是某些类型的书籍是有时效性的,跟食物有保质期概念相似。 原因之二在我翻了豆瓣的评论之后发现,这本书是根据彼得蒂尔演讲时学生们写的一些心得汇总所得,并不算严格意义上教科版本的书籍。 高品位的网友们不愿买账也情有可原,而我也吹毛求疵的发现中…阅读全文赞同 4添加评论分享收藏喜欢如何寻找下一支超级牛股?硅谷投资大神彼得·泰尔的7大投资准则扎克设计师,投资客,经济史研究者,自媒体【扎克财经读报】创办人每一位投资者都想找到一支超级牛股,就如当初的亚马逊一样。要想实现这一目标,就一定要先了解彼得·泰尔(Peter Thiel)这个名字,今天我们就聊一聊彼得·泰尔和他的七大投资准则。 彼得·泰尔是谁?彼得·泰尔头顶的光环有很多,他曾经是Paypal的联合创始人——“黑帮头子”,特斯拉CEO马斯克的铁哥们儿,Facebook第一位天使投资人,在扎克伯克还在上大学的时候,他仅用40万美元就换回了Facebook 7%的股权。他也是大数据分析公…阅读全文赞同 4添加评论分享收藏大佬背后的大佬,硅谷教父彼得·蒂尔的逆势人生夏虫欲饮冰主研世界历史和古代战争、知识、技术引言提到硅谷,我们立刻想到众多引领科技变革的伟大创业者:特斯拉的创始人马斯克、脸书创始人扎克伯格,亦或是今年大红大紫的 OpenAI 首席执行官山姆·阿尔特曼。但很少有人知道,这些大佬的背后都有一个人的影子: 彼得·蒂尔。彼得·蒂尔不仅仅是他们的投资人,也是他们所认可的创业导师。 在硅谷,有一个名为“蒂尔江湖”的圈子。他们都是一群高度认同彼得·蒂尔的商业理念的创业者,扎克伯格、阿尔特曼都在其中。随着这些人…阅读全文赞同 3添加评论分享收藏彼得·泰尔的窄门思维 |捕手志捕手志聚焦新商业思想与实践,对话更有腔调的捕手。■ 按:本文是对PayPal联合创始人、知名风险投资家彼得·泰尔(Peter Thiel)个人思想起源的系统性介绍,但作者的探讨又不仅仅是关于彼得·泰尔,当中包含了对现代社会、人类行为和宗教哲学的深层次探讨。在充满不确定性的当下,我们或许需要更多向内求,积蓄能量,相信解构彼得·泰尔思想的形成会对你有所启发。 [图片] 作者/David Perell 编译/胡韬 未经授权,谢绝转载我是耶和华你们的神。——第一诫 人类文化始于谋杀。愤怒和竞争助…阅读全文赞同 8添加评论分享收藏如何评价彼得·蒂尔 (Peter Thiel)《从 0 到 1》(Zero to One) 一书?徐强情商教育,人性洞察力学科创始人以我的理解,Peter Thiel在此书中,讨论了三个问题: 技术创新的重要性什么是技术创新型的公司如何开创技术创新型的事业如下是我读书后,结合自己的理解的总结,并不一定与原书完全一致,仅供参考。 1) 技术创新的重要性 作者指出,技术在商业上有两种方式的形态:第一种是从无到有的创新(也是书名zero to one的含义),第二种是复制。在二十世纪七十年代,美国所做的很多事情(如登月计划)是第一种;而今天的全球化常常是第二种,…阅读全文赞同 994 条评论分享收藏喜欢突发 | 特朗普背后的大金主,脸书第一个投资人,因为推广“川皇理念”,被脸书踢走了美第奇效应公众号:美第奇效应特朗普背后的大金主,脸书第一个投资人、董事会成员和扎克伯格最重要的顾问之一,彼得泰尔,在任职17年后,将会离开脸书董事会。美式文攻武斗的大火,已经烧到投资圈? “PayPal黑帮教父”彼得泰尔今天,一个新闻颇令人意外。 脸书的早期投资人,硅谷著名投资家,在脸书董事会任董事17年之久的彼得泰尔,将会退出脸书董事会,理由是“要推广特朗普理念” [图片] 彼得泰尔这个人挺神奇的。 他生于西德法兰克福,拥有美国国籍,是著名企业…阅读全文赞同 101 条评论分享收藏如何评价彼得·蒂尔 (Peter Thiel)《从 0 到 1》(Zero to One) 一书?何明科创业等 7 个话题下的优秀答主(Peter Thiel的个人简介参考 最神秘的大数据公司Palantir(一):教父级的创始人 - 知乎专栏 )Peter Thiel之前在Stanford开了一门创业相关的课程,《Zero to One》就脱胎于这门课程的手稿。Peter Thiel不愧为一个深入思考者,无论在课程中还是书中,许多观念都是很超前和很难理解的。据说这门课程在Stanford开课的时候,无数人慕名而来,教室都站不下。但是几堂课下来,大部分人都不太理解Peter Thiel的思想,于是也就逐渐冷清…阅读全文赞同 784 条评论分享收藏喜欢怎样看待Paypal创始人10月15日高调给Trump竞选捐款125万美金?王继勇更新:今天twitter针对peter thiel捐款给特朗普这件事讨论非常多,左派和媒体开始给他扣帽子,说什么他支持取消女性投票权,还有很多人身攻击。 这件事奇怪在于希拉里金主无论在知名度,积极性,捐款额都选高于peter thiel,也没见有人出来讨论。 另外推特上DHH和paulg两大V就此事开始辩论,因为我对双方都不了解,知道内情的欢迎就此讨论,翻译。 ∷∷∷∷∷∷∷∷∷∷∷∷∷∷∷∷ 这称不上高调,自己又没开发布会,发公告,又…阅读全文赞同 11032 条评论分享收藏喜欢《一天世界》博客:Cool things don’t scaleLawrence Li《一天世界》《滅茶苦茶》《無次元》作者。「看理想」簽約作者‘We look for people who can make cool things that scale.’ ( Peter Thiel , 2016)Don’t you know that things stop being cool when they scale? 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Peter Thiel (born October 11, 1967, Frankfurt am Main, West Germany) German American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and business executive who helped found PayPal, an e-commerce company, and Palantir Technologies, a software firm involved in data analysis. He also invested in several notable ventures, including Facebook.When he was one year old, Thiel and his family moved from Germany to the United States. He studied philosophy at Stanford University (B.A., 1989), during which time he founded The Stanford Review, a newspaper that was critical of political correctness. He then attended Stanford’s law school, and, shortly after graduating in 1992, he published The Diversity Myth (cowritten with David Sacks), about alleged political intolerance at the university.In 1998 Thiel and several others cofounded Confinity, which was designed to handle payments between Palm Pilots. The following year it merged with Elon Musk’s X.com, and PayPal was created, with Thiel becoming its CEO and chairman. Designed to create “a new world currency,” the e-commerce company specialized in Internet money transfers. PayPal proved hugely successful, aided by its use on the online marketplace eBay. In 2002 eBay acquired PayPal for $1.5 billion. The transaction made Thiel a multimillionaire, and he subsequently invested in a number of start-ups, notably Facebook (2004), an online social networking service. He also established the hedge fund Clarium Capital Management.In 2004 Thiel cofounded Palantir Technologies, a data analytics firm. Critics questioned its subsequent involvement with the CIA and other government agencies, especially given Thiel’s libertarianism. However, he argued that Palantir’s technology allowed for focused data retrieval, preventing overreaching searches and more draconian measures. The company was also used by banks to detect fraud and handle other cybersecurity efforts. In 2005 Thiel established Founders Fund, a venture capital firm. It invested in such companies as Airbnb, Lyft, and Musk’s SpaceX.In 2007 Thiel’s personal life attracted attention when Gawker’s tech blog featured an article that claimed he was homosexual. Thiel denounced the online media company, though he subsequently announced that he was gay. In 2016 it was revealed that, after publication of the article, Thiel had begun funding various lawsuits against Gawker, most notably one involving Hulk Hogan, who successfully sued for invasion of privacy after Gawker published a sex tape featuring the professional wrestler; the settlement resulted in the sale of the media company and the closing of its flagship Web site. Thiel also garnered attention in 2016 when he became a vocal supporter of Republican presidential nominee—and eventual winner of the election—Donald Trump, donating money and speaking at the party’s convention.
Thiel’s philanthropic works include the Thiel Foundation, which gives money to teenagers to start a business rather than attend college. The initiative reflected Thiel’s outspoken criticism of higher education and its escalating costs.
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Ukraine strikes deal with Peter Thiel’s tech giant to clear unexploded mines
Palantir strikes deal amid plans to decontaminate 80pc of mined land within a decade
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2 March 2024 • 2:00pm
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Ukraine has turned to a company founded by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel to clear thousands of square miles of mines and explosives.The deal will see Palantir supply Ukraine with its artificial intelligence (AI) tools to organise and accelerate its demining efforts.Ukraine is hoping to decontaminate 80pc of its potentially mined land within 10 years and bring it back into economic use, freeing up millions of acres of farmland. Roughly a third of the country’s landmass is thought to be hazardous owing to mines or unexploded ordnance.The World Bank has estimated efforts to remove the explosives could cost up to $38bn (£30bn), with Ukraine seeking international deals and support to accelerate the effort even as it grapples with Russian advances in the Donbas.The 12-month agreement with Palantir builds on an earlier pilot programme. Palantir’s technology can be used to create a digital map of Ukraine’s territory and resources, such as heavy machinery and drones, and prioritise its clearance efforts.
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Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine’s economic minister, said clearing Ukraine’s land would take “decades with the resources we have”.“We’ve discussed with Palantir the opportunity to set up a programme for a more sophisticated approach”, she said. “It is very important to prioritise.”The country has approximately 50 heavy demining machines and has trained around 3,500 sappers. It is seeking to double the number of machines it has available in deals with overseas suppliers and by boosting local factories.Louis Mosley, Palantir’s European executive vice president, said the company’s technology “allows you to make a data driven decision about the highest priority area to demine”.The deal with Palantir does not have an initial upfront cost to Ukraine.Mr Mosley said: “Fundamentally we are doing this because we believe supporting Ukraine is the right thing to do.”Ukraine is struggling to plug its huge budget deficit and restart its economy even as politicians in Washington DC delay a crucial aid package for Kyiv. It comes as Ukraine is forced to retreat from eastern villages following Russia’s capture of Avdiivka in February after months of costly fighting.In an interview with The Telegraph, Ms Svyrydenko called on the US to “follow the same example” of Europe and pass the multibillion-dollar support package. A $54bn EU deal to provide more aid to Ukraine was agreed in February.However, she added some EU officials still needed to be persuaded to unlock further funds by sending frozen Russian cash to Ukraine. Hundreds of billions of euros are locked in Russian bank accounts across the EU, with calls to use the interest for Ukrainian aid.
Ukraine was forced to retreat from eastern villages after months of costly fighting
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“During this year our minimum goal is to get at least income from the frozen assets,” Ms Svyrydenko said. “I believe that our professional team will be able to persuade. But it is the right direction.”On Wednesday, Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, expressed her backing for the idea, while Rishi Sunak has been a vocal proponent.Last week, Ms Svyrydenko, on a visit to London, met with Lord Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, to discuss further efforts to support Ukraine, such as expanding war insurance agreements with underwriters in the City.Founded by Republican donor Mr Thiel, Palantir is known for its work with US intelligence agencies and its armed forces.Since Russia’s invasion in 2022, it has been working in Ukraine on supporting its armed forces and resettling refugees, as well as sifting through evidence for prosecuting potential Russian war crimes.Palantir’s sales have surged this year on the back of demand for its AI technology, which is aimed at governments and the defence sector. Its shares jumped 50pc in one day in January amid investor enthusiasm for AI, valuing the business at $55bn.Ukraine has relied heavily on software and novel technologies such as small drones to boost its war effort in the face of Russia’s vast military resources.In January, Palantir said it had signed a deal with Israel’s government to provide its technology for “war-related missions”.In the UK, it has provided services to the government during Covid and signed a major NHS data contract, despite concerns from campaigners over its ties to US spy agencies and far-reaching defence deals.
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ionaire Peter Thiel’s proposed Wānaka lodge ‘wrong development in the wrong location’ - environmental trust - NZ HeraldFriday, 08 March 2024Search New Zealand HeraldWeatherKaitaiaWhangareiDargavilleAucklandThamesTaurangaHamiltonWhakataneRotoruaTokoroaTe KuitiTaumarunuiTaupoGisborneNew PlymouthNapierHastingsDannevirkeWhanganuiPalmerston NorthLevinParaparaumuMastertonWellingtonMotuekaNelsonBlenheimWestportReeftonKaikouraGreymouthHokitikaChristchurchAshburtonTimaruWanakaOamaruQueenstownDunedinGoreInvercargillNZME NetworkNZ HeraldThe Northern AdvocateThe Northland AgeThe AucklanderWaikato HeraldBay Of Plenty TimesRotorua Daily PostHawke's Bay TodayWhanganui ChronicleThe Stratford PressManawatu GuardianKapiti NewsHorowhenua ChronicleTe Awamutu CourierVivaEat WellOneRoofDRIVEN Car GuideThe CountryPhoto SalesiHeart RadioRestaurant HubSubscribeAdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.Home / New ZealandBillionaire Peter Thiel’s proposed Wānaka lodge ‘wrong development in the wrong location’ - environmental trustOtago Daily TimesBy Guy Williams5 Mar, 2024 07:28 AM3 mins to readSaveshareShare this articlefacebookcopy linktwitterlinkedinredditemailBillionaire American technology entrepreneur Peter Thiel.Billionaire American technology entrepreneur Peter Thiel.A luxury lodge overlooking Lake Wānaka proposed by billionaire Peter Thiel is the “wrong development in the wrong location”, an environmental trust says.Longview Environmental Trust (LET) counsel Phil Page told an Environment Court hearing in Queenstown yesterday Second Star Ltd’s proposal to build a hotel in an Outstanding Natural Landscape (ONL) did not “even get off first base”.The applicant’s failure to assess the effects of guest and staff activities at the lodge’s 193ha Damper Bay site was a “serious omission”, Page said.An example was the prospect of helicopters ferrying guests to and from the lodge.AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.“Let’s have a dose of reality — these are wealthy people coming from North America. They’re not going to pick up a rental car at Queenstown Airport and drive there.”Visual simulations provided by the applicant did not capture the “real-world use” of the site that would be expected at a luxury lodge, such as the movements of helicopters, vehicles and guests undertaking recreational activities.An artist's impression of a rejected lodge development on land Peter Thiel owns in Wanaka. Image / Supplied, File
Second Star is appealing a decision by a Queenstown Lakes District Council consenting panel in 2022 to refuse resource consent for the lodge.The company wants to develop the grass-roofed complex, which would accommodate up to 30 guests, on a site overlooking Glendhu Bay about 7km from Wānaka town centre.AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.After court-ordered mediation and informal discussions with the applicant, the council now has a neutral position on the proposal.An artist's impression of spectacular views from the proposed lodge development for Peter Thiel at Lake Wānaka.Page said neither the applicant nor the council had provided plans comparing the original proposal and the amended one.The council’s new evidence, including from its consultant landscape architect Paddy Baxter, did not provide any proper basis to support its change of position.“The council has plainly gone witness shopping after its decision was made in order to justify it.”Upper Clutha Environmental Society president Julian Haworth said it had expected the council to defend its decision to refuse consent for the lodge.The amendments to the proposal did not represent a valid reason to “abandon a carefully-made decision based on copious evidence and submissions”.Haworth said it was disappointing the council had not asked its consultant landscape architect at the original hearing, Richard Denney, to give evidence to the court.“Presumably Mr Denney has not been made available because he is opposed to the amended proposal.”Council counsel Mary Devonport said it no longer opposed granting consent for the proposal because of the changes made by the applicant.It now considered the proposal’s effects could be mitigated in a way that maintained the integrity of the district plan.AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.That was an “efficient, cost-effective” approach for the council to take, Devonport said.“It would be mendacious to say the council changing its position makes it an advocate for the proposal.”The hearing ended yesterday.The court’s decision will be reserved following written closing submissions by the applicant and council.SaveshareShare this articlefacebookcopy linktwitterlinkedinredditemail AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.Latest from New ZealandNew ZealandFrankton in for rail revival as Glenbrook train joins Frankton Thunder07 Mar 05:30 PMNew ZealandGarden shed fire in Flaxmere07 Mar 08:05 AMNew Zealand|PoliticsThe past, present and future of Premier House: What you need to know07 Mar 08:02 AMNew Zealand'The scream was horrific': Helicopter airlifts critically injured Blenheim worker07 Mar 07:33 AMCyberthreats set to evolve in 2024sponsoredAdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.Latest from New ZealandFrankton in for rail revival as Glenbrook train joins Frankton Thunder07 Mar 05:30 PMThe much-loved community event announced its steamy star as part of 2024 line-up.Garden shed fire in Flaxmere07 Mar 08:05 AMThe past, present and future of Premier House: What you need to know07 Mar 08:02 AM'The scream was horrific': Helicopter airlifts critically injured Blenheim worker07 Mar 07:33 AMsponsoredWhen Kiwi ‘magic’ works at workNZ HeraldAbout NZ HeraldMeet the journalistsNewslettersClassifiedsHelp & supportContact usHouse rulesPrivacy PolicyTerms of useCompetition terms & conditionsSubscriber ServicesNZ Herald e-editionsDaily puzzles & quizzesManage your digital subscriptionManage your print subscriptionSubscribe to Herald PremiumSubscribe to the NZ Herald newspaperGift a subscriptionSubscriber FAQsSubscription terms & conditionsPromotions and subscriber benefitsBundle subscriptionsNZME NetworkThe New Zealand HeraldThe Northland AgeThe Northern AdvocateWaikato HeraldBay of Plenty TimesRotorua Daily PostHawke's Bay TodayWhanganui ChronicleVivaNZ ListenerWhat the ActualNewstalk ZBBusinessDeskOneRoofDriven CarGuideiHeart RadioRestaurant HubNZMEAbout NZMENZME careersAdvertise with NZMEDigital self-service advertisingBook your classified adPhoto salesNZME Events© Copyright 2024 NZME Publishing Limited
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图书简介: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XOTA0NjcyMzE2.html?wm=3333_2001 硅谷创投教父、PayPal创始人作品,斯坦福大学改变未来的一堂课,为世界创造价值的商业哲学。 在科技剧烈改变世界的今天,想要成功,你必须在一切发生之前研究结局。 你必须找到创新的独特方式,让未来不仅仅与众不同,而且更加美好。 从0到1,为自己创造无限的机会与价值! Paypal创始人、Facebook第一位外部投资者彼得•蒂尔在本书中详细阐述了自己的创业历程与心得,包括如何避免竞争、如何进行垄断、如何发现新的市场。《从0到1》还将带你穿越哲学、历史、经济等多元领域,解读世界运行的脉络,分享商业与未来发展的逻辑,帮助你思考从0到1的秘密,在意想不到之处发现价值与机会。 揭开创新的秘密,进入彼得•蒂尔颠覆式的商业世界: 创...(展开全部)
图书简介: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XOTA0NjcyMzE2.html?wm=3333_2001 硅谷创投教父、PayPal创始人作品,斯坦福大学改变未来的一堂课,为世界创造价值的商业哲学。 在科技剧烈改变世界的今天,想要成功,你必须在一切发生之前研究结局。 你必须找到创新的独特方式,让未来不仅仅与众不同,而且更加美好。 从0到1,为自己创造无限的机会与价值! Paypal创始人、Facebook第一位外部投资者彼得•蒂尔在本书中详细阐述了自己的创业历程与心得,包括如何避免竞争、如何进行垄断、如何发现新的市场。《从0到1》还将带你穿越哲学、历史、经济等多元领域,解读世界运行的脉络,分享商业与未来发展的逻辑,帮助你思考从0到1的秘密,在意想不到之处发现价值与机会。 揭开创新的秘密,进入彼得•蒂尔颠覆式的商业世界: 创新不是从1到N,而是从0到1 全球化并不全是进步 竞争扼杀创新 “产品会说话”是谎言 失败者才去竞争,创业者应当选择垄断 创业开局十分重要,“频繁试错”是错误的 没有科技公司可以仅靠品牌吃饭 初创公司要打造帮派文化
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彼得•蒂尔(Peter Thiel) 被誉为硅谷的天使,投资界的思想家。1998年创办PayPal并担任CEO,2002年将PayPal以15亿美元出售给eBay,把电子商务带向新纪元。2004年做了首笔在Facebook的外部投资,并担任董事。同年成立软件公司Palantir,服务于国防安全与全球金融领域的数据分析。蒂尔联合创办了Founders Fund基金,为LinkedIn、SpaceX、Yelp等十几家出色的科技新创公司提供早期资金,其中多家公司由PayPal的同事负责营运,这些人在硅谷有“PayPal黑帮”之称。他成立了蒂尔奖学金(Thiel Fellowship)鼓励年轻人在校园之外学习和创业。他还成立了蒂尔基金(Thiel Foundation),推动科技进步和对未来的长远思考。 布莱克•马斯特斯 (Blake Masters) 20...(展开全部)
彼得•蒂尔(Peter Thiel) 被誉为硅谷的天使,投资界的思想家。1998年创办PayPal并担任CEO,2002年将PayPal以15亿美元出售给eBay,把电子商务带向新纪元。2004年做了首笔在Facebook的外部投资,并担任董事。同年成立软件公司Palantir,服务于国防安全与全球金融领域的数据分析。蒂尔联合创办了Founders Fund基金,为LinkedIn、SpaceX、Yelp等十几家出色的科技新创公司提供早期资金,其中多家公司由PayPal的同事负责营运,这些人在硅谷有“PayPal黑帮”之称。他成立了蒂尔奖学金(Thiel Fellowship)鼓励年轻人在校园之外学习和创业。他还成立了蒂尔基金(Thiel Foundation),推动科技进步和对未来的长远思考。 布莱克•马斯特斯 (Blake Masters) 2012年在斯坦福大学法学院就读,期间选修彼得•蒂尔的“初创企业”课,将细心整理的课堂笔记发布到网络,引起240万次的点击率。随后,彼得•蒂尔参与将这份神奇的笔记精编成为本书。
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第1章 未来的挑战
第2章 像1999 年那样狂欢
第3章 所有成功的企业都是不同的
第4章 竞争意识
第5章 后发优势
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第1章 未来的挑战
第2章 像1999 年那样狂欢
第3章 所有成功的企业都是不同的
第4章 竞争意识
第5章 后发优势
第6章 成功不是中彩票
第7章 向钱看
第8章 秘密
第9章 基础决定命运
第10章 打造帮派文化
第11章 顾客不会自动上门
第12章 人类和机器
第13章 绿色能源与特斯拉
第14章 创始人的悖论
结语 停滞不前,还是临近奇点
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销售是隐形的
销售人员都是演员:他们的第一要务是说服,而不是真诚。这就是为什么“销售人员”这个词带有贬义,为什么二手汽车商是不公正交易的代表的原因。但我们只嫌弃手法拙劣、别有用心的推销人员,即能力差的一类。销售能力所涵盖的范围很广:在新手、专家和大师中间还有许多级别,甚至还有超级大师。如果你对超级大师一无所知,不是因为你没有遇见他们,而是因为他们技术高超,不易察觉。《汤姆·索亚历险记》中的主角汤姆·索亚说服邻居小伙伴替他粉刷围栏——是大师级的举动。而让朋友们心悦诚服争相花钱帮他粉刷围栏是超级大师级的举动,他的朋友们都没他聪明。自从马克·吐温 1876 年写完这本书后,这种说服人们心甘情愿花钱干打架工作的销售手法也没有多大的变化。
和演戏一样,不露声色的销售最为有效。这解释了为什么从事推广工作的人——不管是销售、营销还是广告——其头衔与工作内容毫不相关。推销广告的人被称为“业务经理”,推销客户的人被称为“业务开发”,推销公司的人被称为“投资银行家”,推销自己的人被称为“政治家”。改名换姓大有道理:没有人愿意被提醒自己正在被推销。
各行各业均用销售能力来区分胜利之星和落败之人。在华尔街,新手从强调专业技术的“分析师”做起,但是他的目标是成为交易员。律师以专业资格为傲,但是律师事务所是由能招揽到大客户的高手经营的。即使是靠学术成就享有威望的大学教授,也会羡慕能呼风唤雨的自我推销者。关于历史和英语的学术观点不会因为知识水准高而大受欢迎。甚至基础物理的研究日程和癌症研究的未来趋势也是游说的结果。即使是企业人士也低估了销售的重要性,根本原因在于,由销售秘密驱动的世界合力掩盖了各个领域各个层面的销售。
工程师的梦想是生产足够优良、“可以自销”的产品。但是这样描述实际产品的人是在撒谎:他不是异想天开(自欺欺人),就是正在设法推销某种东西(而这会造成自相矛盾)。与此截然不同的商业旧谈... (查看原文)
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2016-04-06 14:22:26
—— 引自第175页
而在一个不明确的乐观未来中,会有更多的银行家和律师。金融其实是不明确是思想的集中体现,因为只有人民不知如何赚钱时,才会想到去搞金融。
金融的不确定性可能很诡异。想想档那些成功的企业家卖了他们的公司时会发生什么?他们拿钱做什么?在这样一个金融化的世界中,大概是这样的:
*企业家不知道拿钱做什么,所以存在银行里了。
*银行家不知道拿钱作什么,所以他们把钱交给不同的机构投资人,用于不同方向的投资。
*机构投资人不知道拿钱什么,于是他们投资到了股票。
*公司试图产生自由资金流来提升股票价格,做法就是发放股息,或是回购股份,然后周而复始。 (查看原文)
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2015-03-02 21:31:04
—— 引自第94页
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unTed
2015-09-20 22:28:29
说了等于没说,但没说不等于说了。就是这样的一本书。
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2015-04-08 14:33:37
蔡珏总结的好,此书的大热的背景就是“创业教父饥渴症候”,尤其是这种PayPal Mafia 的教父人物。取个副标题就叫:微博群殴,为什么微信胜出 / 滴滴快的的合并:从零和游戏到非零和游戏……
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2015-03-23 15:13:32
其实我挺佩服作者的,一句话就能说完的事儿硬是扯了一本书出来……
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cys.tony
2015-03-07 11:30:39
大概已经是这种氛围了:你不看这书都不好意思去见投资人。书的内容当然是不错了,不过YC的系列创业公开课比这个讲得细,讲得好。
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2015-02-28 16:23:02
除了讲垄断的章节比较有意思,其他都是一些思辨,可读可不读。
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2024-03-05 21:29:51
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赞同作者观点,“创业秘籍并不存在,因为任何创新都是新颖独特的,任何权威都不可能具体规定如何创新”,作者不反对盲目相信市场,“相信市场作用的人越多,金融泡沫就越大”\0^0/
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工藤真秋
2024-03-04 21:32:39
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非补标)简介就已经把内容讲的差不多了。当商业杂谈看还是可以接受的
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透明
2024-03-03 21:20:21
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从0到1和从1到n的感触很深,走访了这么多企业,发现大部分还是从1到n的,毕竟后者更简单,抄就可以了(对全球化也是从1到n深表赞同);而寻找从0到1的企业并投下去真的很难。
另外就是作者提出的对某一领域保持专注的建议,颇为认同。这个年龄也容不得搞各种花里胡哨的东西了啊。
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2024-03-02 23:37:13
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当年,彼得搞paypal的时候,马斯克也在同时搞一个类似的公司x.com.两家企业在1999年激烈火拼,全面战争。但结果并不让人满意:虽然员工已经拼尽老命加班,但最后彼得发现这根本就是错误的,因为他醒悟了,做一个企业的目的就根本不是要打败你的对手,如果你专注于打败你的对手,那么你哪有时间想更好的主意去发展呢?
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2024-03-02 15:30:03
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有启发性,需要结合实践才能真正领悟。
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2014年10月25日读完第二遍。以下为各章的笔记。 第一章《The Challenge of the Future》:全球化是横向的扩张,只能复制以前就有的成功,而科技创新是纵向的扩张,是创造以前不存在的东西。没有科技创新,只有全球化,这个世界只能玩完。这是为什么要科技创新的原因。 第二章《...
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2015-02-14 18:43:26
从0到1看竞争:同时也说说滴滴打车和快的联合
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我就是来捣乱的.... 核心概念高冷版——垄断 应用:“我很认同Peter的书里关于垄断的看法” 如果你连一篇文章的时间都不打算浪费的话。请记住垄断这个词,它是关于此书非常重要的一点。简单来讲,这个概念是为了对抗传统经济学家的竞争论点(如坑死一批商科生的Michael P...
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2015-03-27 12:09:20
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Peter Thiel:信奉自由意志的未来主义者 文章来源:腾讯科技 翻译:琴岛 链接:http://tech.qq.com/a/20120723/000008.htm 作为硅谷亿万富翁之一,彼得·泰尔(Peter Thiel)是一名信奉自由意志的未来主义者。此刻,他正从口袋里掏出iPhone,并说道,“和阿波罗太空计划相比...
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What Happened After Peter Thiel Paid 271 Students to Drop Out of College? (msn.com)
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Since 2010, billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel has offered to pay about 20 students $100,000 to drop out of school each year "to start companies or nonprofits," reports the Wall Street Journal. His program has now backed 271 people, and this year the applicant pool "is bigger than ever."
So how's it going?
Some big successes include Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, the blockchain network; Laura Deming, a key figure in venture investing in aging and longevity; Austin Russell, who runs self-driving technologies company Luminar Technologies; and Paul Gu, co-founder of consumer lending company Upstart...
Thiel and executives of the fellowship acknowledge they have learned painful lessons along the way. Some applicants pursued ambitious ideas that turned out to be unrealistic, for example. "Asteroid mining is great for press releases but maybe we should have pushed back early on," he says. Others were better at applying to be Thiel fellows than they were starting businesses, it turned out... They've also learned that lone geniuses with brilliant ideas aren't usually the kinds of people who can build organizations. "It's a team sport to get something going and build on it, you can't just be a mad genius, you have to have some social skills and emotional intelligence," says Michael Gibson, an early leader of the organization who is co-founder of a venture fund that invests primarily in those who don't have a college degree...
Thiel hasn't attempted to build a better education system, which program officials acknowledge has made it harder to develop talent in the program... Thiel fellows say they don't receive much more than funding from the program and have limited contact with Thiel, though access to a network of former Thiel fellows can be useful. "Meeting some of the other members inspires you to think bigger," says Boyan Slat, a 2016 Thiel fellow who is chief executive of The Ocean Cleanup, a Netherlands-based nonprofit developing technologies to remove plastic from oceans. Slat says he has spoken to Thiel "three or four times."
As a result, Thiel and other staffers have concluded they can't grow beyond the 20 or so young people chosen as fellows each year. "If you scale the program," Thiel says, "you will have a lot more people who aren't quite ready, you would then have to be super-confident you can develop them" — which Thiel and his colleagues say they aren't skilled at doing... About a quarter of the Thiel fellows eventually returned to college to finish their degrees, suggesting that even the dropouts see enduring value in higher education.
Thiel says they "got way more out of it by going back" after launching their businesses.
"The other 75% didn't need a college degree," he says.
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by TwistedGreen ( 80055 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @03:50AM (#64266844)
I agree, to get a successful start in business you have to be a fine young psychopath. If you're able to lie and swindle without caring about the consequences, all you need is a few bucks and you can build yourself an empire. It has nothing to do with ideas, experience, education, or even genius. Is that the point of this exercise? Because I have a hard time believing that, for example, an engineering student would benefit from participating in something like this.
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by dfghjk ( 711126 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @08:36AM (#64267150)
"Is that the point of this exercise?" Yes, it is. It's a sociopath incubator. There is no value to rejecting learning, but there is value is preventing others from learning.
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by alvinrod ( 889928 ) writes:
You're assuming that college is the only path to learning, or that there is no learning to be had from attempting to do something. The summary even ends with the statement that some of the participants went back to college after the program. I doubt there was any actual analysis to support the claim that they "got more", but it would be interesting to study.
Whether you like Thiel, or not, I think it's certainly respectable for him to be willing to put his own money where his mouth is. Most people are jus
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by dvice ( 6309704 ) writes:
Someone said that companies don't hire people from e.g. Harward, because they provide the best education or because they think they learned good stuff there. They hire students from there, because they know how hard it is to get there (3% acceptance rate). So if you managed to get into a place where only a few can get, you must have some skills, so you are worthy to be hired.
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by Ol Olsoc ( 1175323 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @09:22AM (#64267218)
You're assuming that college is the only path to learning, or that there is no learning to be had from attempting to do something. The summary even ends with the statement that some of the participants went back to college after the program. I doubt there was any actual analysis to support the claim that they "got more", but it would be interesting to study.
Whether you like Thiel, or not, I think it's certainly respectable for him to be willing to put his own money where his mouth is. Most people are just happy to spout off their own opinions without even researching their veracity. Here's someone who's actually putting them to the test.In the end, it just shows what a lot of people have known just about forever.
College is not about the birthing place of billionaires, It isn't even the place where superior humans that are well employed post college are created, as so many people who took degrees that don't really qualify them for anything but taking their professor's jobs.
College is a place that serves as accumulation of knowledge and discussion in the arts (broadly speaking) and passing it on, and as a training ground for careers that require a lot of technology to be pursued. And the research needed for technological advancement. That's it. And that's a good thing.
Becoming a billionaire really has almost nothing to do with college. That's all a matter of the individual, and a whole lot of luck.
Becoming successful, the same thing. You don't teach drive, it's either there or it isn't. I know some people with degrees in fields that have a lot of opportunities who are employed as waitstaff. And while I don't know any personally, I'm pretty certain there are successful people who have opinion degrees.
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by sfcat ( 872532 ) writes:
You speak about how things should be. You should visit a college these days. It isn't like you describe at all.
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by Ol Olsoc ( 1175323 ) writes:
You speak about how things should be. You should visit a college these days. It isn't like you describe at all.Dood, I have workedat University for the last 40 years. 30+ years in research, and ~ 10 in RF Intermodulation work.. Across a large swath of disciplines and groups.
So, um. educate me.
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by Midnight_Falcon ( 2432802 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @12:48PM (#64267438)
It's hard to see how Thiel is actually putting something to "the test." If you cherry-pick a mere 20 of the most ambitious and already technically skilled college students, of course 75% of them can succeed in life without a college degree. But then look at Thiels' company Palantir. The CEO was Thiel's friend at Stanford and that's the only reason he became CEO. He then went further and even got himself a Ph.D. Karp earned a bachelor's degree from Haverford College (Haverford, Pennsylvania) in 1989, a juris doctor (JD) degree from Stanford University in 1992, and a PhD degree in neoclassical social theory from Goethe University Frankfurt in 2002. So, when Thiel's capital is really at stake in amounts significant to him, he goes with safe bets that know how to finish what they start and that he met in the Ivy League.
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by DesScorp ( 410532 ) writes:
"Is that the point of this exercise?" Yes, it is. It's a sociopath incubator. There is no value to rejecting learning, but there is value is preventing others from learning.Rejecting college isn't "rejecting learning". You can get all the learning in the world from a library, including the biggest library of all, the Internet. With video cheaply available, almost all the knowledge you would want in the world is available on demand, at your fingertips. A lot of of from colleges themselves, who increasingly make their content free.Rejecting college is rejecting debt, and credentialism. There's an important difference.
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by Okian Warrior ( 537106 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @10:08AM (#64267322)
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I agree, to get a successful start in business you have to be a fine young psychopath. If you're able to lie and swindle without caring about the consequences, all you need is a few bucks and you can build yourself an empire. It has nothing to do with ideas, experience, education, or even genius. Is that the point of this exercise? Because I have a hard time believing that, for example, an engineering student would benefit from participating in something like this.People who do well starting business are low in agreeableness [wikipedia.org]. This means that they tend to not be swayed by the opinions of other people, which is a prerequisite for success in the face of all the people who think it can't be done.Psychopathy is a separate measure [wikipedia.org] and says that the person doesn't care about other people. Only about 5% of the population has an unusually high score in this trait, and they generally are not very successful. They tend to do well for a short time, but once people figure out that they aren't trustworthy they have to move to a different environment (where people don't know them) and start over.Mad geniuses tend to be high in openness [wikipedia.org], which is another completely separate personality measure. High intelligence tends to correlate with openness, but you can be highly intelligent and not very creative - it's the openness that allows you to come up with ideas.Making an actual product is the domain of conscientiousness [wikipedia.org] which is the actual running of the business, as opposed to the management. People high in conscientiousness are detail oriented and make sure everything works right.And finally, business success is subject to The Matthew Effect [wikipedia.org], which is where your chances of success are proportional to the number of attempts you have made. About 80% (actual number, not made up) of first businesses fail, while only 40% of 2nd businesses fail, and the number goes down with each attempt. In effect, every time you make an attempt you are learning more about how to run a successful business.(Consider: There's a similar effect with writing. Submitting your first novel you have to learn all about agents, publishers, submission rules, deadlines, and how to write popular prose. After 5 attempts all of the mechanism is familiar and you've had 5 attempts with feedback you can use to improve your writing. Stephen King notes that he had 140 rejections before he got his *first* article published. Not his first book, his first article.)There's a fair bit of information about what it takes to create a successful business, just having "an idea" doesn't work by itself, you also need to be really lucky and have the proper skills available. So for the Peter Thiel thing, just throwing money at people with good ideas will probably not be very productive.What would work much better is putting together a proper mix of people, one of which has a good idea, along with a mentor who can guide the group in matters of business to the point where it can continue on its own.I note historically that several attemps of "throw money at inventors" thing has been tried in the past, with similar results. "Shark Tank" and "Project Green Light" [wikipedia.org] come to mind.
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by Lothsahn ( 221388 ) writes:
This is very interesting, especially the info on agreeableness. Do you have any reference articles that talk about this?
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by careysub ( 976506 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @10:35AM (#64267358)
A billionaire's hobby. Nothing much more than that. It teaches us nothing, goes nowhere, and will die with Thiel, or if he gets bored with it.
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Well it's for the kind of people...
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by Casandro ( 751346 ) writes:
... who think that they have great ideas and that everybody who questions those ideas, for example by doing rough calculations so see if something is feasible, are just nay-sayers that should be ignored.That's not really the kind of people who should do businesses. Spending money on things that are implausible is waste. Those people have proven to ignore rationality.
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by ghoul ( 157158 ) writes:
Ah but heres the rub. Sometimes the back of paper calculations havnt taken everything into account, tech or society has changed and something has become feasible but it does not emerge till some idiot actualy ignores the experts and tries it. Food delivery apps were all the rage during the first dot com boom and failed miserably. So logically noone should have tried to launch new ones but the world had changed and some idiot tried it again and now they are billionaires.
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Yes, but at least technology is fairly predictable, at least within timescales that are relevant for businesses.The example you give, BTW is of the kind of "this business-model should be illegal... but it's not so we can exploit that loophole".
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by iAmWaySmarterThanYou ( 10095012 ) writes:
Flying cars, jet packs and self sustained fusion are only 10 years away.Very predictable.
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Tech is not at all predictable or GE , IBM and ATT would be running everything.
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by blue trane ( 110704 ) writes:
"Spending money on things that are implausible is waste."Just how effective is advertising?
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by Casandro ( 751346 ) writes:
Yes parts of the advertisement industry certainly are dubious, but then again, the business itself it plausible. If you get people to know about your product they are much more likely to buy it then if they don't know about it, plus there are many cases of an ad directly affecting sales in a measurable manner with profits increasing way more than that ad cost.Of course it is questionable if companies like Coca Cola actually need to spend that much on advertising products everybody knows about.
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by Firethorn ( 177587 ) writes:
The idea with Coca Cola, or Pepsi, Ford, GM, and more continuing to advertise is to keep themselves in people's heads. So they don't switch to generic cola, that they don't switch to their competitors, etc...Admittedly, this level of advertising is much more marginal gain, on much shakier assumptions, than informing people ignorant that your product exists in the first place.It's interesting how Tesla managed to grow as much as it did on basically zero advertising budget, just basically press releases and
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by JamesTRexx ( 675890 ) writes:
It's interesting how Tesla managed to grow as much as it did on basically zero advertising budget, just basically press releases and the website.People with too much money showing of their new expensive over-hyped bling toy, giving wanna-bes something more to desire.
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by suutar ( 1860506 ) writes:
That's one way to say "early adopter", yes.
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by Powercntrl ( 458442 ) writes:
It's interesting how Tesla managed to grow as much as it did on basically zero advertising budget, just basically press releases and the website.Tesla was doing something that was really not easy to copy. On the flipside, if your idea for a business is launching yet another shitcoin, portable air conditioner, or juice dispenser, you'll need a lot of marketing to compensate for the fact that your product isn't exactly unique. One example that springs to mind was the old "Geek my Tree" Christmas lights. An as-seen-on-TV brands company ripped off the idea and had a cheaper version mass produced in China.
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by guruevi ( 827432 ) writes:
There are lots of things that would be implausible at any point in history. When Intel was started the notion everyone would have a computer in the home was very implausible, when the iPhone launched people here were mocking others for wanting a $400 device in their pockets and that it was not a desktop.
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My AI girlfriend agrees with you.
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I'm just wondering why she has such a huge dick
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Because I paid for the XXL model.
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by Powercntrl ( 458442 ) writes:
when the iPhone launched people here were mocking others for wanting a $400 device in their pockets and that it was not a desktop.The original iPhone launched without 3G support, it had abysmal battery life, no third party apps, and was locked to AT&T. It bears very little resemblance functionality-wise to the devices we use today, unless you want to count the fact that it's a flat slab with a screen (and no, Apple wasn't first with that design either).If the original iPhone had instead been launched by a startup, it would've very likely been relegated to the dustbin of history. Apple, however, had the resources (both financial
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by serviscope_minor ( 664417 ) writes:
when the iPhone launched people here were mocking others for wanting a $400 device in their pocketsI guess, but some people are ignorant. It's not like it was an especially unusual price, it wasn't even remotely the most expensive smartphone at launch (not that it even was a smartphone at launch). It wasn't implausible to anyone who had any knowledge at all about the market.
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by algaeman ( 600564 ) writes:
The iPhone succeeded because it had an iPod inside it
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by serviscope_minor ( 664417 ) writes:
Yeah. It basically did a bunch of things which people were already doing, but a bit better. I had a ~2003 phone which could play AAC files. It was a gimmick because, well, it was AAC which wasn't well supported and it had so little and non expandable storage it could manage about one tape's worth in tape quality.But clearly people wanted all that stuff and a $400 phone was not only not implausible, it was also not even new.
Prescription for American resurgence
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by Miles_O'Toole ( 5152533 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @03:54AM (#64266850)
Take Peter Thiel and his fascist buddies, and lock them away in a deep, dark hole until the United States recovers its commitment to democratic government.
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by VeryFluffyBunny ( 5037285 ) writes:
The USA worships people like Peter Thiel. The USA gets the leadership it deserves.
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by Powercntrl ( 458442 ) writes:
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The USA worships people like Peter Thiel.It's about the money, not the person. Without his wealth, the right wing would just hold him in the same contempt they do for every other LGBTQ+ American.
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by awwshit ( 6214476 ) writes:
Well said.
Re:Prescription for American resurgence
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by e065c8515d206cb0e190 ( 1785896 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @08:43AM (#64267158)
So I don't know much about Peter Thiel's political views (although I assume by your post that he's on the right). But locking up people for their ideas sounds... misguided?
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by Brett Buck ( 811747 ) writes:
Democracy for all!!!**except for anyone who we disagree with....
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by awwshit ( 6214476 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @09:55AM (#64267288)
The real fix is to tax investment income. If you have enough money to live off your investment income then you pay less in tax than if you earn a paycheck.This imbalance in tax between investment and tax on labor allows the wealthy to keep more of their money every year. Over time you end up with great inequality where the rich own everything. The idea that all of the money gets reinvested in the US and all boats rise is bullshit.Our system created these assholes and to get rid of them we need to fix the system. And what I mean is to balance the system, not eliminate wealth or the ability to obtain wealth, but fair taxation. Our system puts the bulk of the tax on the highest paid labor income, the real producers pay the highest price while the board of directors gets a break.
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by Miles_O'Toole ( 5152533 ) writes:
That's a really excellent suggestion.
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by Brett Buck ( 811747 ) writes:
I presume you fail to see the irony in your screed.
I also note - it's not a democracy, it is a republic.
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Like China and Russia then.
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by dfghjk ( 711126 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @08:40AM (#64267154)
Says the guy who thinks the economy is tanking. Fools are easily fooled, that's why Peter Thiel is rich and why you think he'd be a good presidential candidate.
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by Mspangler ( 770054 ) writes:
The economy is tanking and the economy is fine, it's rather mixed right now. https://www.mauldineconomics.c... [mauldineconomics.com] "Thiel says they "got way more out of it by going back" after launching their businesses."That statement is very likely true. I started college after getting out of the navy and had no trouble at all. Watching the clueless children flailing around was quite entertaining, but the was also the realization that I just possibly had been that clueless at 18 myself.
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by Applehu Akbar ( 2968043 ) writes:
The economy is showing all the signs of a cyclic top right now: inflation we haven't seen for years, a high stock market, real estate ridiculously overpriced, and yet another speculative bubble forming in cryptocurrencies. It will inevitably turn down before long, and neither major candidate seems to be focusing on softening the landing.
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by Miles_O'Toole ( 5152533 ) writes:
I hope some day a grownup explains concepts like "hyperbole", "figurative" and "literal" to you. Run along now. You're not even half as clever as you seem to think you are.
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by iAmWaySmarterThanYou ( 10095012 ) writes:
No, this is slashdot where that sort of shit is said in complete seriousness all the time. Maybe you've read a few posts on occasion?If you're going to pretend you were being hyperbolic or clever then you need to do better. You failed.And for the umpteenth time, I'm not smart at all. I'm a complete fucking moron. But I am still way smarter than you.
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by Miles_O'Toole ( 5152533 ) writes:
No, I didn't fail. I just didn't aim low enough to catch the dummies. ;-)
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by iAmWaySmarterThanYou ( 10095012 ) writes:
Next time you're trying to be funny... be funny.It's funnier that way.
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by Miles_O'Toole ( 5152533 ) writes:
A good sense of humour is usually taken as a sign of intelligence. So unfortunately, you're never going to know whether or not somebody's funny, or be competent to judge. Embrace this. Deal with it. Very few people are good at everything.I hope, eventually, you find your niche.
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by iAmWaySmarterThanYou ( 10095012 ) writes:
Dude, you keep coming back with a bigger shovel. We've been over this. Take the L.
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by Miles_O'Toole ( 5152533 ) writes:
And too stupid to know you've been beaten. You're maybe "way smarter" than a brain-damaged chimp, but even that's a stretch. I do occasionally contribute to charities for people with your "special gifts", so one day, you might get to play with some little kiddie toy I bought for such folks.Have a lovely day!
So
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by Barny ( 103770 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @03:55AM (#64266852)
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So these amazing people are:- Cryptobro- Venture capitalist- Self-driving-car expert- AI loan sharkslow claps
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by Lobotomy656 ( 7554372 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @04:19AM (#64266862)
Exactly, they launched nothing of value. No business that actually produces anything or dreams big. And before you say self-driving is a thing, please look for a realistic report on how far along we are before actually developing something that can drive safely as a car, it's not a surprise Elon promises self-driving for about 15 years now and he is basically in the same place he was when he started, can't even get level 4 done in that timespan and money spent. What a startup from a 20yo kid is going to do? Disrupt? You have to be very naive.
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by iAmWaySmarterThanYou ( 10095012 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @09:18AM (#64267212)
Elon barely has level 3 on a good day. Level 4+ is a pipe dream. Even the level 2 fucks up a lot.There is zero chance I'd ever turn on my autopilot much less use the _beta_ "full self drive" which it isn't.
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by Ol Olsoc ( 1175323 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @09:44AM (#64267256)
Exactly, they launched nothing of value. No business that actually produces anything or dreams big. And before you say self-driving is a thing, please look for a realistic report on how far along we are before actually developing something that can drive safely as a car, it's not a surprise Elon promises self-driving for about 15 years now and he is basically in the same place he was when he started, can't even get level 4 done in that timespan and money spent. What a startup from a 20yo kid is going to do? Disrupt? You have to be very naive.That whole experiment is based on a stupid thesis, and a bifurcated one at that. First is that college is worthless, the second that if you just give someone money, they'll become a billionaire somehow, all they needed was the money.
But then there is luck - which has just as big a part. And there is drive, which is 100 percent individual based. And some have said that a person has to be a psychopath in order to become uber-wealthy. I won't go that far, but it doesn't hurt.
Since you mentioned self driving cars...
That whole self driving car thing is a canard. But the technology in it is quite useful for standard human control. My car doesn't self drive, but the lane assist is impressive. You can't use it effectively to drive, it will pingpong between the lines. but it's a good anti-drifting feature. The anti-collision radar and braking has saved my cute little ass a couple times as well as a few animals.
But my favorite thing is the anti-tailgating radar. That should be mandatory on all cars, since some people like to drive so close that they really owe me dinner and a movie before getting that far up my ass.
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by Powercntrl ( 458442 ) writes:
if you just give someone money, they'll become a billionaire somehow, all they needed was the money. You need money, and a willingness to delay gratification. There are plenty of reliable investments out there, and as long as you don't blow the money on some get-rich-quick scheme, any idiot can turn a large pile of money into one that's slightly bigger. It's getting that large pile of money in the first place that's the initial challenge. Hence the expression "the first million is the hardest."
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by nealric ( 3647765 ) writes:
"...the second that if you just give someone money, they'll become a billionaire somehow, all they needed was the money."Well, if you give someone a billion dollars, they will become a billionaire. In fact, all they needed was the money.
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by Ol Olsoc ( 1175323 ) writes:
"...the second that if you just give someone money, they'll become a billionaire somehow, all they needed was the money."Well, if you give someone a billion dollars, they will become a billionaire. In fact, all they needed was the money.And you just had to write that and me read it while I was having a sip of coffee! 8^)
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by Ed_1024 ( 744566 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @04:21AM (#64266864)
Exactly what I thought. Seems like Thiel has funded a grifter academy.
I am bitter because no-one invested in my sustainable blockchain yoghurt with AI...
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by iAmWaySmarterThanYou ( 10095012 ) writes:
Because you didn't have quantum computing.
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by chas.williams ( 6256556 ) writes:
You have me at blockchain yogurt; where do I send my money?!?!!?!?
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by Powercntrl ( 458442 ) writes:
I am bitter because no-one invested in my sustainable blockchain yoghurt with AI...If Thiel divided up his funds fairly among everyone who submitted a business proposal, you'd probably get something like $5. You likely already have at least that much in your wallet right now. Invest it wisely. /s
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by geekmux ( 1040042 ) writes:
Exactly my thought. Pathetic list of winners that explain why “modern” capitalism, is practically championing its own demise.
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by hdyoung ( 5182939 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @08:34AM (#64267148)
Theils list of dropout wannabee billionaires is NOT the cream of the crop of capitalism. They claim it, but dont believe it. You shouldnt hold them up to be evidence of a failure of capitalism. Its much more like a crappy reality show for aspiring pharma bro and E. Holmes types.
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by thegarbz ( 1787294 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @05:31AM (#64266924)
So these amazing people are:- Cryptobro- Venture capitalist- Self-driving-car expert- AI loan sharkYou forgot they all share one thing in common: Undereducated. These people could still be that *and* have the benefit of a college education to help them.I'm not sure where this idea came from that successful companies can only be started by people below a certain age or without certain certifications.
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by JaredOfEuropa ( 526365 ) writes:
Lots of successful entrepreneurs dropped out of college to start their business, so clearly dropping out of college is a prerequisite for success.
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by thegarbz ( 1787294 ) writes:
Lots of successful entrepreneurs dropped out of college to start their business, so clearly dropping out of college is a prerequisite for success.Yeah sarcasm aside the world is run by people who stayed in college. 0.001% of college dropouts getting lucky doesn't mean that is the recipe to incubate success.
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by Oryan Quest ( 10291375 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @08:04AM (#64267118)
Because every time some tech-lord drops out of college and becomes a success it’s fun to talk about.But when Steve Jobs or Bill Gates dropped out of college it was at practically zero risk to themselves or their ability to graduate some day if they wanted to and they both had very real and concrete things going on, not some vague ideas.This is really about keeping plebs uneducated before they’re exposed to Ayn Rand.
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by dfghjk ( 711126 ) writes:
Exactly what I noticed. The "successful" ones where those who's ideas were to exploit others. Just the ones Thiel is looking for.
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by hdyoung ( 5182939 ) writes:
Self-driving car “expert”.
That term needs to be in quotes because a 19-year-old college dropout is an expert at exactly NOTHING. They will claim it. They will be wrong. Vision is not the same as expertise (and much, much cheaper).
Why should arbitrary social rules trump good ideas
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"It's a team sport to get something going and build on it, you can't just be a mad genius, you have to have some social skills and emotional intelligence,"What if the problem is that, to have emotional intelligence, you have to become a social conformist to such a degree that truly innovative ideas are dismissed out of hand for arbitrary fickle social reasons like "continents just don't drift", "what you can't see can't hurt you", "the universe can't be expanding, because gravity", etc.?
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by JaredOfEuropa ( 526365 ) writes:
That's why it's a team sport. The mad genius doesn't need to have the social skills to sell the idea, build a team and run the company, he just needs to have enough to be able to work with people who can do all that for him. Besides money, helping to build that initial team is of the things where VCs can add tremendous value. The smart ones do that, instead of dismissing applicants for lack of social skills.
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by hdyoung ( 5182939 ) writes:
The whole endeavor deliberately ignores the massive dose of PURE DUMB LUCK required to drop out of college and become a billionaire. Which cant be tapped on demand. A great deal of inspirational chatter from the billionaire class is a sad attempt to deny the luck that pushed them to the top and justify their view of themselves as ubermen.
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by snowshovelboy ( 242280 ) writes:
on Sunday February 25, 2024 @08:57AM (#64267172)
I think the part where they are gifted $100,000 is supposed to simulate dumb luck.
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by hdyoung ( 5182939 ) writes:
100k is not even close to what’s required. That number is off by MANY orders of magnitude. Hell, even a billion dollars couldnt replicate the luck that Bill Gates got from being in the right place at the right time, about half a dozen times in a row.
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by snowshovelboy ( 242280 ) writes:
Agreed, it definitely has "let them eat cake" energy.
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by Ol Olsoc ( 1175323 ) writes:
The whole endeavor deliberately ignores the massive dose of PURE DUMB LUCK required to drop out of college and become a billionaire. Which cant be tapped on demand. A great deal of inspirational chatter from the billionaire class is a sad attempt to deny the luck that pushed them to the top and justify their view of themselves as ubermen.Mod this guy up people!
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"you can't just be a mad genius, you have to have some social skills and emotional intelligence,"Thiel-code for "a psychopath who does not understand how to manipulate other people is a loser."
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by coop247 ( 974899 ) writes:
"It's a team sport to get something going and build on it, you can't just be a mad genius, you have to have some social skills and emotional intelligence,"
Super weird they need the thing that college does the best job at actually teaching you.
What's next, some assurance that they have basic competency in an area of study?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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by Ol Olsoc ( 1175323 ) writes:
"It's a team sport to get something going and build on it, you can't just be a mad genius, you have to have some social skills and emotional intelligence,"What if the problem is that, to have emotional intelligence, you have to become a social conformist to such a degree that truly innovative ideas are dismissed out of hand for arbitrary fickle social reasons like "continents just don't drift", "what you can't see can't hurt you", "the universe can't be expanding, because gravity", etc.?Just a note - none us who are in technical or science careers can even make it through life without people dismissing some of our ideas out of hand.
And if we conform to arbitrary fickle social reasons, well, we don't amount to much in our fields.
Using radiative forcing as an example, it's settled physics. There are people who dismiss it out of hand though. Doesn't matter.
People claim that the earth was created in 4004 B.C.E with all creatures created in their modern form. It's proven wrong.
People
So how's it going?
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by Freischutz ( 4776131 ) writes:
So how's it going?Some big successes ... blah, blah, blah ....Ok, but the WSJ article is pay-walled and there is no real answer to that question. The summary doesn't provide much in the way of details except that 25% of these people returned to finish their degree and the rest: "didn't need a college degree." So how many of these businesses succeed, broken down by college returnees and flunk-outs? Did they all universally succeed and become billionaires (sure doesn't sound like it judging by the the fuzzy references to asteroid miners and "lone geniuses with brilliant
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by dfghjk ( 711126 ) writes:
Anyone talking about "needing a college degree" doesn't have anything to say anyway. It's the education that is of value, not the certificate of completion. If you go to school for the degree, your priorities aren't straight.
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by russotto ( 537200 ) writes:
There are many sorts of places you can get educated, and only one sort of place you can get a college degree. The degree is of great value; for would-be employees, it's either a minimum requirement or a way of separating yourself from others when jobs are scarce. For an entrepreneur it conveys to would-be investors your seriousness and/or competence. Though "chosen by Thiel" is probably a decent stand-in for that second case.
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by Savage-Rabbit ( 308260 ) writes:
Anyone talking about "needing a college degree" doesn't have anything to say anyway. It's the education that is of value, not the certificate of completion. If you go to school for the degree, your priorities aren't straight.That sounds like something somebody would say who started the process of obtaining knowledge, dropped out and now wants to get all the benefits of having finished what he started without ever actually doing so. You don't get a medal for dropping out of the marathon and never crossing the finish line. If a degree is proof of anything, at the very least it proves that you have the persistence, character and ability to start a very difficult process and finish it. For an employer that has to be just about the
So the "best" examples are already bogus...
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by gweihir ( 88907 ) writes:
What a great success story! These people should have stayed in college, maybe then they would have gotten some actual understanding of things.
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by Powercntrl ( 458442 ) writes:
These people should have stayed in college, maybe then they would have gotten some actual understanding of things.For most people, college is just a means to earn a better living. If you can skip over that right to the part where you're earning decent money, why not?
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by gweihir ( 88907 ) writes:
The difference is that, at least in a good STEM course, you learn a lot of stuff in college that makes it far easier to keep your skills current later. If you just go for "earning money now", you have a good chance of being really screwed later.
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by gweihir ( 88907 ) writes:
What kind of utterly crappy college did you go to?
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by sfcat ( 872532 ) writes:
Apparently Harvard. Perhaps go to a college campus these days. You might be surprised the changes that have been made.
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by gweihir ( 88907 ) writes:
I am on campuses almost every day. Just in Europe. Well, I guess if US colleges have stopped teaching valuable things, then the US is doomed as a nation.
A team sport?
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by Growlley ( 6732614 ) writes:
but I pulled myself up by my own put straps and didn't need anything from any one to do it . Lazy Gen Z.
Wow its almost like
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by hdyoung ( 5182939 ) writes:
Dropping out of college to become a billionaire requires a massive dose of PURE DUMB LUCK that cant be dialed up on demand, no matter how much money and star power you throw at it. And when a billionaire sets out to show that his success can totally be replicated if you just select the right ubermen, thus confirming his own uberman status, the result is basically a throw of the dice.
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by dfghjk ( 711126 ) writes:
It's almost as if the most precious resource for a sociopath is other, young sociopaths to own, so why not start a "venture capital" business that invests in, to identify, young sociopaths?
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by Ol Olsoc ( 1175323 ) writes:
It's almost as if the most precious resource for a sociopath is other, young sociopaths to own, so why not start a "venture capital" business that invests in, to identify, young sociopaths?A sociopath doesn't want to invite competition. The best way to adopt your thesis is if the thinking sociopath wanted to find, then eliminate anyone that might be in their way.
college isnt for everyone
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by awwshit ( 6214476 ) writes:
While college is not for everyone, it sounds like college is for this group of dropouts. The number of Gates or Zuckerberg types out there is really low, and those guys didn't need someone like Thiel to find their way. The ideas that worked from Gates and Zuckerberg were grounded in things they could actually accomplish, they didn't really need to develop new science at first. I'd guess Thiel should select for ruthlessness and get out of the way.
Money more important than education for success
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by SysEngineer ( 4726931 ) writes:
The experiment shows that Have Kapital is more important than having knowledge. Tax The Rich!
A Faustian bargain
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by ElimGarak000 ( 9327375 ) writes:
Which would be worse: selling your soul to the Devil for anything you want, or selling your soul to Peter Thiel for $100k? I mean; it's a toss-up who's more evil, anyway.
Not even, only
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by SuperKendall ( 25149 ) writes:
About a quarter of the Thiel fellows eventually returned to college to finish their degrees, suggesting that even the dropouts see enduring value in higher education. Nope. By saying "even the dropouts" you are claiming the dropouts, and other people from the group, saw value in higher education...In fact what really occurred is that since ONLY the dropouts went back to college, only those who couldn't make ideas work found value and not even all of those.When given a real choice in life only 25% of people t
Success is easy...
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by Baron_Yam ( 643147 ) writes:
Have significant wealth and a network of connections gifted to you by right of birth - essentially have wealthy parents. Now be an empathy-lacking asshole.With those three things, your odds of success just shot through the roof. Even if you fail, it'll probably be spun to look like a success to sell your next attempt.When you look at 'self-made billionaires', they make up a only few of the thousands of billionaires in the world.
Thiel is a ridiculous sociopath.
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by Eunomion ( 8640039 ) writes:
He should be homeless.
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Nick Prince
February 20, 2024
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Summary.
There’s a growing movement to track employee productivity through increasingly sophisticated technology, such as desktop surveillance, biometric smart badges, location tracking, or desk heat sensors. While this can be intrusive, it also presents opportunities for gaining profound insights into employee behavior, such as which applications employees use most frequently or whether employees are at risk of overworking based on their work patterns and productivity. While the ultimate decision to use these technologies typically comes from upper management, implementation and utilization of such systems typically falls on supervisors. New research suggests that when information obtained through monitoring is used for control purposes (e.g., performance review), employees were more likely to engage in counterproductive behavior, such as time thievery, inattentiveness, cyberloafing, or tardiness. However, when the information obtained through monitoring was used for feedback, employees continued to trust and maintain positive relationships with their supervisors and performed better in their jobs.
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At the outset of pandemic office closures, 98 Buck Social, a social media marketing company based in Florida, installed an application on all employee computers that randomly captures screenshots of desktop activity every 10 minutes. Amazon and Facebook have shared that they’re tracking badge swipes to ensure that employees ordered to return to the office regularly report to work. JPMorgan Chase developed its own software to record how long employees spend on Zoom calls, emails, and spreadsheets, among other activities.
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Chase Thiel is the Bill Daniels Chair of Business Ethics and an associate professor of management at the University of Wyoming’s College of Business. His research examines causes of organizational misconduct through a behavioral lens, characteristics of moral people, and the role of leaders in the creation and maintenance of ethical workplaces.
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Shawn McClean is an assistant professor of management and McCasland Foundation Professor of American Free Enterprise at the University of Oklahoma’s Price College of Business. His research focuses on behavioral ethics, leadership, and the work-life interface.
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Jaron Harvey is an assistant professor of management at Utah Valley University’s Woodbury School of Business. His research focuses on employees’ engagement at work through the lenses of citizenship behavior and manager-employee interactions.
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Nick Prince is an assistant professor of management at the University of Wyoming. He teaches the MBA OB/HR class and undergraduate HR classes. His research focuses on international and strategic human resource management.
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