“The only real issue with these people, besides the occasional hygiene challenge, was that they always seemed to embrace failure as a positive outcome. “I have not failed,” they’d endlessly quote [[Thomas Edison|Edison]], “I’ve just found ten thousand ways that won’t work.” **Which may be an acceptable thing to say in science but is absolutely the wrong thing to say to a roomful of investors looking for an immediate, high-ticket, chronic treatment for cancer**. God save them from actual cures. Much harder to make money off someone who doesn’t have a problem anymore.” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[failure]], [[risk-management]], [[growth-mindset]] **Source** -- [[202504161455 - B - Lessons in Chemistry]]