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The amount of eccentricity we tolerate in the sucesfull has definitely gone down.
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more crazy geniuses please
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We’ve become much richer and we buy stability and predictability.
Think about people who’ve Gone To Texas in the 19th century. They’ve sold everything they couldn’t take, put their wives and children in a wagon and left for unsettled, uncivilized place.
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That’s way, way crazier than anything I and everyone I’ve known have ever done or are likely to do.
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It’s a function of trust. In low-trust societies, the successful are seen as cheaters. In high-trust times, they’re inspirations.
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