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Huet: Successful cults and successful startups both rely on genuine core wisdom
“I mean, every successful cult has at its center, like, a significant amount of wisdom, because otherwise the teachings would never, like, get off the ground. And, you know, a lot of the, like, successful companies, even if they might lean heavily on, like, myt…”
Huet: Silicon Valley's "agency" obsession stems from personal transformation seminars
“What's interesting to me about agency being popular in my view, among a certain like circle of tech people is that. Agency is a different way of saying this idea of like, oh, you should consider yourself like radically responsible for your life experience and …”
Huet: Silicon Valley socially rewards ideological fervor, making founders susceptible to groupthink
“Like, of course, humans everywhere want to have an idea ideology and something to believe in, but I do think in Silicon Valley, it's like heightened. And so this idea that you might be driven by an ideology or a belief is socially rewarded here in a way that t…”
Huet: Cults attract smart people by offering awe and exclusive early knowledge
“And I think keeping in mind that another really, really important and sometimes underestimated aspect of a cult is that
Being part of a cult gives you access to a sense of awe and wonder, and one of the characteristics is also the sense that you have discovere…”