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		chmike on Sept 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask PG: What Is The Most Frighteningly Ambitious I... How would one make the difference between frighteningly ambitious, crazy or stupid ?

MattGrommes on Sept 12, 2012 | [–]

That reminds me of Peter Thiel's Venn diagram of 'Sounds like a bad idea' and 'Is a good idea'. It's a pretty slim area in the middle and the 'Sounds like' part means it's hard to know until you do it.

MPSimmons on Sept 12, 2012 | | [–]

They all kind of look the same in the beginning, don't they?

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