I have a pet theory that the best entrepreneurs mostly played Real Time Strategy Games (e.g. StarCraft) as kids and best investors preferred turn-based (e.g. Total War, Civ)https://twitter.com/TaylorPearsonMe/status/1246462604987547648 …
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Yea, was thinking of people under 40 when I tweeted. Poker/bridge dichotomy seems right. Hadn't thought about military, but that makes sense. I know Mao was amazing at Go.
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This confirms my self-concept :D Though I played everything from RTS (C&C, TA, TTD, etc.) --> turn-based (Civ), but you're right the former dominated for me.
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It definitely makes sense because in both my gamer and founder lives, I really enjoy the energy of having a lot of stuff going on, though as I get older/better at mgmt, I find that being a founder is almost relaxing when you have good team, tight systems, resources, etc.
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I don't know about poker for entrepreneurs - maybe a subset who are more ESTP / hustler types, but not the standard tech founder I hang with. Card games are boring as shit to me, and the bluffing/tells stuff isn't really that related to the IRL equivalents AFAICT.
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I find more investors into poker / cards whenever I'm at retreats, etc. I think they may see themselves as trying to sniff out the bluffing and bullshit founders give them everyday.
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Military should be poker or bridge too. War is certainly a game of incomplete information. Imo, very little in life is like chess/go. Maybe some types of engineering.
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The military plays spades. At least on the enlisted side.
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I would think the military would be more into games with hidden information. Go and Chess have no fog of war.
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