9 points | by epestr an hour ago
6 comments
Surely this all depends on how you define 'successful'? If you define success as having the most influence over the largest number of people, then yes, I guess creating a religion would be the right thing to aim for.
I think you can understand a lot about someone, or a culture, based on what they consider 'success' to be.
Yeh, seems to be success from the point of view of a psychopath.
From this perspective, success is what you accomplish, and it has nothing to do with why you did it or the effects it has.
(2013) Funny title change over the years, too Successful People create Religions (19 points, 2013, 10 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6062858
Well it's interesting how the interpretation went from an analysis/commentary to playbook. Or maybe it was always a playbook.
Surely this all depends on how you define 'successful'? If you define success as having the most influence over the largest number of people, then yes, I guess creating a religion would be the right thing to aim for.
I think you can understand a lot about someone, or a culture, based on what they consider 'success' to be.
Yeh, seems to be success from the point of view of a psychopath.
From this perspective, success is what you accomplish, and it has nothing to do with why you did it or the effects it has.
(2013) Funny title change over the years, too Successful People create Religions (19 points, 2013, 10 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6062858
Well it's interesting how the interpretation went from an analysis/commentary to playbook. Or maybe it was always a playbook.