Sublime

with the player who has the best business model, a model designed for customer relevance and high profitability.

In Range, David Epstein reflects on the nature of the outsider: “Switchers are winners,”

Oppie had an almost uncanny way of appearing at crucial moments in the complex process.

himself into a rage. “These guys are focusing on the worst tendencies of some of the worst women out there and spreading it like a cloud of fertilizer on all women.” Ross reminded me of an old rhythm-and-blues artist who has been ripped off so much that he trusts no one. But at least there are publishing companies and copyrights in place to protect

These are users of existing products and services who come to find them deficient and start not only envisioning improvements, but building and using them. Von

“I now bleed Morgan blood,” he says. “This is what I am going to do until they don’t want me here anymore.”

a third approach, uncomfortable but sincere realism for a world that was no longer real.

we understand the talent search methods of Peter Thiel—one of the most successful talent finders of all time—as intimately linked to Peter’s philosophical and indeed moral judgments of people.