Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,...
by wkat4242 on Thursday August 14, 2025 @11:52PM
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True, I'm not saying that. I'm sure without a big ego you won't succeed as a big businessman. I'm just saying he was a very typical narcissist and as such his ego would have been important to him (which is what the thread discussion was about). I didn't state any moral judgment there (though I do have one which I elaborated on elsewhere)
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Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,...
by WalterBright on Thursday August 14, 2025 @11:57PM
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> I'm sure without a big ego you won't succeed as a big businessman
I agree. Unconfident people will never take the personal risks needed to get big.
Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,...
by throawaywpg on Friday August 15, 2025 @09:34AM
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and in fact many unconfident people feel its somehow immoral to feed their ego in this way
Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,...
by wkat4242 on Saturday August 16, 2025 @12:18PM
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Having confidence isn't necessarily a good thing of course.
Neither is 'getting big'.
A lot of politics and industry is made up by vacuous people selling hot air these days. Too much confidence, too little respect and knowledge.
Re:Steve Wozniak: Life to me was never about accomplishment,...
by fuzzfactor on Sunday August 17, 2025 @11:14AM
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People even more confident than the egoists can have the very same feeling.