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Reid Hoffman: preference

15 Jan 2020 Conversations with Tyler Reid Hoffman on Systems, Levers, and Quixotic Quests

“I think we would actually prefer patterns that get to success not by being a reality television star, such as our current president, but actually, in fact, success and attributes in the things that lead to the good governance of a state.”

— Reid Hoffman

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Reid Hoffman
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preference
Recorded
15 Jan 2020
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Conversations with Tyler

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…But you can do marketing without a lot of money. Yes, certain kinds of marketing, not all marketing. And by the way, would we like to be a democracy where the only ways that you could succeed would be by being like a Kardashian? You have to be a celebrity of some sort in order to be a political leader? I think we would actually prefer patterns that get to success not by being a reality television star, such as our current president, but actually, in fact, success and attributes in the things that lead to the good governance of a state. Are you worried about dynastic rule in American politics? We have the Bushes, the Clintons, maybe something from the Trumps.…

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