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Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas
PG Essays
Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas: Fear, Lack of Competition, and Choosing Common Ideas
Exploring the reasons behind why smart individuals often come up with bad ideas due to fear of failure and lack of competition. Emphasizes the importance of pursuing valuable, unsolved problems and debunking the notion that business people are necessary for understanding customer needs.
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