Being mean can make you stupid

Negation: Being mean cannot make you stupid 0 0 0

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If it is true that...

Being mean can make you stupid 1 0 2

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Fights do not promote your best work 1 0 2

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Fighting is as much work as thinking about real problems 1 0 2

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Startups win by transcending, not by attacking 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Mean founders lose because they cannot get the best people to work for them 1 0 2

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Paul Graham/Mean People Fail

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Be nice or at least don’t be a jerk 1 0 2 Few of the most successful people are mean 0 0 2 Meanness and success may be inversely correlated 1 0 2 Selection bias affects perception of meanness in successful people 1 0 2 Successful people in some fields may be mean 1 0 2 Mean people do not rule big chunks of the world 1 0 2 The relationship between meanness and success is changing 1 0 2 Being earnest and intellectually honest is a source of power and can lead to new ideas 1 0 2 Negative consequences of a person's actions can affect others 1 0 2 People often stay quiet when things are hard to understand, even if they suspect they're nonsense 1 0 2