Venkatesh Rao@vgrPoll: How ambitious are you?Anti-ambitious minimalist6.8%Modest comfy life28.2%Some narrow big ambitions45.4%Broad Napoleonic ambition19.6%1,002 votes·Final results6:39 PM · Mar 7, 20216 Retweets2 Quote Tweets12 Likes
Sarah Constantin@s_r_constantin·Mar 7, 2021Replying to @vgrI’ve noticed that a “normal” person of the social class I was born in, looks pretty impressive on LinkedIn by their thirties, so I guess I want to be that amount ambitious? Enough that if I ever need to narratize my life as a brag, I can?11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Mar 7, 2021Replying to @s_r_constantinImpressive in what way? All have PhDs? Lucrative jobs? Titles?11
Pat Larsen@PatrickLarsen·Mar 7, 2021Replying to @vgrStartup founder and father of happy kids. Not sure where that qualifies on scope
Brian Skinner@gravity_levity·Mar 7, 2021Replying to @vgrI have declared war on ambition but so far am losing19