Da bi tvrtka imala vrijednost, mora rasti i izdržati, no mnogi se poduzetnici usredotočuju samo na kratkoročni rast. Njihov je izgovor isti: rast je … - Peter Thiel

Our educational system both drives and reflects our obsession with competition. Grades themselves allow precise measurement of each student’s competitiveness; pupils with the highest marks receive status and credentials. We teach every young person the same subjects in mostly the same ways, irrespective of individual talents and preferences. Students who don’t learn best by sitting still at a desk are made to feel somehow inferior, while children who excel on conventional measures like tests and assignments end up defining their identities in terms of this weirdly contrived academic parallel reality.

First, only invest in companies that have the potential to return the value of the entire fund.

Properly understood, technology is the one way for us to escape competition in a globalizing world. As computers become more and more powerful, they won’t be substitutes for humans: they’ll be complements.