The greater the knowledge component in work, the more leadership of that work resembles philosophy.
Probably the only way to ‘lead’ a bunch of research mathematicians (besides actually doing pioneering math yourself) is to write zen poetry or something.
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Thinking more of philosophy in a lay/informal sense, not academic. I don’t regard either as particularly philosophical, though they are leaders of knowledge workers for sure. And pg has in particular repudiated philosophy explicitly.
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This goes well with the stereotype of hyper-successful leaders in any field (celebs, billionaires, groundbreaking scholars) to become or surround themselves with gurus.
also explains subtle contempt @ avg people who do same thing?
it implies one has hit their max potential
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Also fundraising; when your product is pure ideas, someone’s gotta sully themselves with keeping the cash flowing






