People in the grip of an ideology become so determined to defend it that they can see almost any statement as contradicting it, just as an aggressive teenage boy can see almost any act as a challenge. "What are you looking at?"
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Sure! I’m imagining you reflecting on earlier times, when you might have found yourself wrestling with your own set of ideological blind spots...perhaps as you were transitioning from being a capable engineer to a noob investor.
One big one was believing that intelligence was the most important quality in founders. That was not just what I thought about startups, but a sort of creed I was raised in. But it was so clear after the first year of YC that determination was more important.
