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Amazing... who'd ever think..

oldenGoldenDecoy — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 04:28:48 +0000

In reply to Bernie and His Bomb Throwing Bots Go BOOM!

Amazing... who'd ever think...

While scrolling through this thread who would ever think it would have had 17170 reads?

Well, you must admit it was a more meaningful and exciting debate than the current crap about "Stable Genius"and Stormy.

~OGD~

Peracles...

oldenGoldenDecoy — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 05:05:37 +0000

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Peracles...

It's hard coming up with your own ideas? Ya' -- you go that right...

But really, how intelligent does one have to be to come up with a successful idea? Interesting little take here.

There is no doubt in my mind that intelligence is only a fraction of the ingredients needed to be successful. In fact, I would say that intelligence is more of a tool that enables you to be successful rather than an ingredient itself. I have spent many years as a consultant, an advisor to venture funds, and advising numerous billionaires, serving as a Board Director and as an advisor to tech companies. I also have six children. Through these experiences, I have seen many things that help people succeed and many things that lead them to failure. However, the successes were all based on a single simple formula. Success is based on a convergence of three simple things:

Do what you are passionate about. Without passion, your work is not your love and you can never be your best or be better than others who are running with their passion.

Do something that you are inherently good or talented at. We all have our relative talents but spending your life doing something that is inherently more difficult puts you at a disadvantage to other more talented people.

Do something that creates value and can be sold into a market present or future. Creating a widget that nobody but you wants may be self satisfying, but it certainly is not going to make you your fortune nor lead you to personal or professional success.

Notice that money is not an ingredient in any of these factors nor is intelligence. Admittedly, higher intelligence makes some fields (maybe rockets for example) easier to learn but by and large these ingredients are never a major factor in success. If you combine these three elements into your pursuits in life, you will be very successful and the money will come on its own. Money is a reflection of the true value that you are creating.

How does this relate to Elon ? When he came to me in 2001, he knew nothing of rockets or space exploration but he was deeply passionate about it.

That's from Jim Cantrell, On SpaceX founding team with Elon Musk, on Quora:

~OGD~

but just throw this into that

artappraiser — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 02:36:51 +0000

In reply to It's likely there's something

but just throw this into that mix: I just read this on Pruitt and the EPA and it comes to mind that the industries involved may be prioritizing it via lobbying, and they have power, not just figuratively but literally:

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/14/trump-administration-may-replace-key-obama-climate-rule-242747

Like with health care, everyone working in the field affected wants to know what the rules will be more than a year down the road.

It's likely there's something

ocean-kat — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 23:15:16 +0000

In reply to Thanks for this, OGD. One

It's likely there's something of a feedback loop here. Climate change is an orphan issue with no major politician prioritizing it. If some politicians were discussing it often, not just when there's a major storm on US territory, people might see it as a more important issue.

Thanks for this, OGD. One

Michael Wolraich — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 19:32:42 +0000

In reply to Wolraich...

Thanks for this, OGD. One problem with climate change is that the impact isn't imminent (at least, not in human time). People tend to respond more strongly to immediate threats. That's why the right uses slippery-slope-to-hell rhetoric. Same-sex marriage => imminent social collapse. Gun control => imminent totalitarianism. HCR => imminent death panels.

So Mark Penn was right to

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:49:00 +0000

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So Mark Penn was right to note the pivot to the white right? And there I thought he was a bumbler. Guess they should have kept him around. Seems Hillary was trying to deal with those WVa, PA and KY voters she later got butchered for. As for Ferraro, she was just pointing out the 5 mins where being black in America was a trendy plus, for a few curious reasons, but that disappeared after the election and all the white attacks.

Wolraich...

oldenGoldenDecoy — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:38:15 +0000

In reply to Bernie and His Bomb Throwing Bots Go BOOM!

Wolraich...

Up-thread you were referring to climate change as an issue, with caveats.

Just over 12 months have passed...

And here were the numbers on the issues...

You'll note that there WAS a wide-spread on the Environmental issue.

The Health care issue was more broadly important to both sides. Of course the Repub side most likely wished it repealed at that time. And they still do.

June 15, 2016 Pew:

And here's some current numbers from Pew June 2017.

~OGD~