A Non-Conformist's Guide to Success in a Conformist World (2014)

Re:A Non-Conformist's Guide to Success in a Conformist World... by cpkscpks on Sunday September 27, 2015 @06:09AM (#10286043)

I got the same impression.

The world rewards non-conformists deeply if you do it right.

Doing it right is mostly finding something that contributes value to the world. A non-conformist collecting toothpicks? Not so much.

Zero-to-one is a great guide for non-conformists. This, not so much.

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Re:A Non-Conformist's Guide to Success in a Conformist World... by jsilence on Sunday September 27, 2015 @07:48AM (#10286219)

"Zero-to-one is a great guide for non-conformists."

Is that a book or an article? Never heard of it. Care to give a pointer?

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Re:A Non-Conformist's Guide to Success in a Conformist World... by Qwertious on Sunday September 27, 2015 @08:08AM (#10286250)

"Care to give a pointer?"

https://xkcd.com/138/

But in all seriousness, it looks like it's a book by "venture capitalist, PayPal co-founder, and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel along with Blake Masters". If it's an article, it isn't on the first page of DDG or google.

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Re:A Non-Conformist's Guide to Success in a Conformist World... by networked on Sunday September 27, 2015 @02:54PM (#10287489)

The book started out as lectures notes for a university course on startups taught by Thiel. You can find the original notes at http://blakemasters.com/peter-thiels-cs183-startup. There is also an EPUB version available from https://stanfy.com/blog/epub-version-of-peter-thiel-lectures....

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Re:A Non-Conformist's Guide to Success in a Conformist World... by CapitalistCartr on Sunday September 27, 2015 @08:01AM (#10286235)

Its a book by Peter Thiel.

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