Michael Perkins's Reviews > Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

Used to know the author and read this book years ago. But his methodology and assumptions are questionable.

Critique from Daniel Kahneman, author of "Thinking, Fast and Slow"

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It's easy to connect the dots backwards, as Steve Jobs once put it. Hindsight does not equal foresight.

Luck and timing matter far more than many want to admit.

For example, there were several personal computers that were superior to the IBM/MS version, but they were too early, not a market for them yet, so they ended up in the historical dustbin.