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Shaquille Zuckerberg

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Re: Shaquille Zuckerberg

#3
I read this as a way to remind successful entrepreneurs that luck was a significant factor of their success.

It would be interesting to know what fraction of them genuinely believe it’s the case.

Re: Shaquille Zuckerberg

#5
This never mentions the fact that Karen Kempner (the mother of Mark Zuckerberg) is a psychiatrist. In my opinion, an exceptional understanding of the human psyche is a necessary condition for becoming successful with a social product like Facebook.

Re: Shaquille Zuckerberg

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The argument actually understates the work Shaq put into becoming an elite player. Shaq's physical gifts obviously give him a huge advantage, but there are plenty of 7-footers in the NBA that don't do as well as him. Shaq learned actual skills (shot-making, agility, footwork) that other big men tend to ignore because they can get by on their size.

Re: Shaquille Zuckerberg

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Completely OT, but what does this website do? I tried to find out in the last 15 minutes and got more and more confused. Why are there only GAN-faces? Doesn't that clash with the subheader "Accountable Posts"? Or is this satire?

What music is being played to get tokens[1]? And what tokens, like blockchain-tokens? Or is it a internal server-side currency? Why is the music reversed? Why this weird combination of a music-listening website with "public soap box"?

What does "proof of music"[2] mean? Especially this part:

> With this token, you can vote for laws, elect politicians, change personalities, swap images, mate people, chat, stake, buy stuff and more. The world is constantly expanding.

... "mate" people? Like... "mating"? Does that also have another meaning I'm not aware of, like "become best friends"? And "change personalities"? What does that mean?

I'm very confused. No offense please, but is this satire or maybe an art project? ^^

[1] https://celody.com/ Site is linked in the footer of stakedy.com

[2] https://celody.com/about.html

Re: Shaquille Zuckerberg

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post #7

The argument actually understates the work Shaq put into becoming an elite player. Shaq's physical gifts obviously give him a huge advantage, but there are plenty of 7-footers in the NBA that don't do as well as him. Shaq learned actual skills (shot-making, agility, footwork) that other big men tend to ignore because they can get by on their size.

He learned everything except for shooting free throws. Xd.

Re: Shaquille Zuckerberg

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I don't buy it. In fact, I think almost the opposite is true: given a fresh start and Zuckerberg is as likely to become a billionaire as O'Neil is to become a top NBA player.

The thing is, O'Neil was good at one thing and one thing only. And not just good, but freakishly good.

But Zuckerberg went from a little php script written in his dorm room to the founder and CEO of one of the 5 letters in FAANG. He had to face thousands of different challenges along the way. He had to learn quickly and solve the problem and move on. What Zuckerberg has and others don't is this ability to learn quickly and solve a completely new problem. Lots of these problems were technical, but lots were human interactions, legal ramifications, accounting and governance issues, PR, content moderation, you name it.

I personally don't have, or plan to have a Facebook account. But you have to give the man what's his: he is a very tough nut. In any parallel life, he would do more than well.

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