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Re:Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build ... by noobermin on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @04:16PM (#12300317)
The good part is that if you are working on something you care about, you won't be as upset when you fail if you were building something just to become the next Zuck.

This does contrast with pg's story, however.

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Re:Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build ... by davidw on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @05:50PM (#12300904)
For each and every bit of startup advice, there is an equal and opposite bit of startup advice.
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Re:Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build ... by joshuacc on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @04:36PM (#12300453)
> The good part is that if you are working on something you care about, you won't be as upset

This probably varies from person to person, but failing at something I care about would make me much more upset than failing at something I didn't really care about.

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Re:Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build ... by mpbm on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @03:50AM (#12303071)
I think he means if it's important to you it's still worth trying and if you fail at least you were trying. Whereas if it's just a business, "nothing personal," then failing means you've got nothing, not even the feeling of working on something important to you.
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