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leaving out the years that he worked at AMD and LSI is a great eg of how a lionizing narrative works. it creates the impression of superhuman genius, which confers a valuable aura that has material impact on morale, negotiations, etc. Similar to āSingapore was a fishing villageā
if you want to become successful, it helps to study successful people and groups of peopleā but you wanna be very careful not to buy the narrative wholesale, because thereās practically always a bunch of lionizing and valorizing going on that misrepresents reality
@visakanv one entertaining tidbit while reading Charisma by Randall Collins was his chapter on lawrence of arabia he pointed out how the autobiography focuses on lawrences wit and charisma, but a more objective look highlights the funding and support he got from british intelligence