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Eric Jorgenson

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Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

Even if that's untrue in some part, like an ability to be disliked, a preparedness to not care so much about optics in the way that other people do.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

Have you heard Jonathan B's approach?

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

He says there's only three types of founders that are going to be successful.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

Number one is megalomaniac.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

Number two is autist.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

And number three is revenge fantasy.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

and megalomaniac Adam Neumann from WeWork, autist Elon Musk, and revenge fantasy Palmer Luckey.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

Although I think Palmer actually kind of has a bit of all three, and I think Elon probably has a bit of all three as well.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

Like, you know, trying to alchemize some slights that occurred earlier on.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

But look, I think in order to do different things, in order to make changes and to push the limits in ways that people haven't seen before,

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

Obviously, obviously you're going to need, but by design, you're going to have to get comfortable with people doubting you and making judgments about it.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

The disregard for the way things are done is completely crucial.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

I swear there's a line about driving.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

Everybody driving slower than you is an idiot and everyone driving faster than you is a maniac.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

Yeah.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

There's one about women as well.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

Every girl who's got smaller titties than me is flat chested and every girl who's got bigger titties than me is a fatty.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

Small titties, big titties.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

It all comes down to titties.

Modern Wisdom
#1082 - Eric Jorgenson - The Wild Psychology of Elon Musk

So look, dude, coming to the book process, which I think is fascinating, obviously you write the Navalmanac, and then that kind of springboards you into this, pretty much the forefront of the self-published pioneer space.