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"The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say 'no' to almost everything."

"All I Want to Know Is Where I'm Going to Die So I'll Never Go There": Buffett and Munger a Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense

Peter Bevelin

Simulacrum Levels are a framework for analyzing different motivations people can have for making statements. Simulacrum Level 1: Attempt to describe the world accurately. Simulacrum Level 2: Choose what to say based on what your statement will cause other people to do or believe. Simulacrum Level 3: Say things that signal membership to your ingroup. Simulacrum Level 4: Choose which group to signal membership to based on what the benefit would be for you.

Simulacrum Levels - LessWrong

Strawperson

For something like Uber, if you had looked at only the market size of taxis, you would have never believed they could build such a large company.

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