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Is it me or does this read like a big ass-kissing of Bezos after he tore him apart in the accidentally leaked memo? Not saying it isnt true but...

• staunch 15y ago
  He said it himself "I’ve always skirted any perceived shortcomings and focused on what they do well." Now he's doing that again, in a big way. He's saying "Bezos is a genius" and not saying "Bezos is a micromanaging asshole"
  • gjm11 15y ago
    And yet everyone reading it seems to have worked out that Bezos is a micromanaging asshole as well as a genius. Interesting, that.
  • bad_user 15y ago
    Bezos is probably both a genius and a micromanaging asshole.
• calibraxis 15y ago
  It's "professionalism". An ideology — an ism — that means not questioning/criticizing certain things. (At least not publicly, and often not even mentally either.) Yegge has a questioning mind and is communicative, but understands the limits that the ism places on him. For hacking this ideology, Disciplined Minds by Jeff Schmidt is a good intro. (http://disciplined-minds.com http://disciplined-minds.com)
• dualboot 15y ago
  I don't know if I would describe the previous entry as "tearing him apart" because at the end of the day Bezos has still accomplished far more than just about anyone else we're likely to meet. No one is perfect and it is really our ability to play to our strengths and our weaknesses that defines our ability to succeed in life.