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If you want to create a company- makes sense.

If you want to create a country- better have a good reason, many noble people have done it, many bad people have done it.

If you want to create a religion- you're psycho (or you really are the chosen one)

Notice how Sam's definition of success increases with the probability of psychopathy.



>If you want to create a religion

I think he is making an allusion to Apple's culture.

There's successful companies because their product is good, there's more successful companies because they started early (and it feels like a monopoly: Google, Microsoft), and there's the most successful company that tells you what you are going to buy (Apple's culture).




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