Comparing Einstein or Da Vinci to Musk and Jobs is just
If Einstein and DaVincci were alive today, we wouldn't know it. All the books would be about Oppenheimer and Lorenzo de' Medici.
Owners and administrators are the ones that can afford to access the endless PR budgets necessary to inflate their profiles. You'll never actually hear about the Tesla/Apple lead engineers much less the grad student doing the advanced mathematics or material sciences that make these products possible.
You notice how Elon Musk's books are laid out in the shape of an X?
I did
I despise self help books, the money spent on a self help book could instead buy a copy of some classic literature, which will be infinitely more useful and meaningful than “Step 1. make a lotta money, step 2. Sleep 5 hours a day, step 3. Cold shower brrrrr”.
Even better, you can just read a classic book on gutenberg or an ereader for free, and donate the $15-$20 to a charity.
If I wrote a self help book, it would say, don’t pay for self help books when you can instead read famous amazing books for free instead.
Someone did sell one like that, a $15 self help book about how to become a millionaire. Then when you opened the book it just said "sell 60,000 books for $15/each"
Photoshop won't save you from your receding hairline, byiiiitch
His natural hairline is probably closer to Homer Simpson.
Hair plugs are really good these days if you're rich enough.
1 Albert vs 100 Elon 😱, who would win?
That cover photo reminds me of Gendo Ikari. In any case, it’s (appropriately) unsettling.
This is like gazing upon some demonic shrine. Serious eldritch madness lies buried in those tomes. To gaze upon this abomination for too long risks an unstoppable descent Into delirium.
chapotraphouse
Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.
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