Banister: Marc Andreessen is wrong to tell founders to avoid introspection
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Cyan Banister disputes Marc Andreessen's public advice against self-introspection, arguing that personality is malleable through deep self-examination.
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“But if you actually become very introspective, and I know Marc Andreessen says, don't do that, but I spend a lot of time being introspective and I would say that he's wrong. And I'd love to have a chat with him about this. You can actually surgically go in and alter your personality where you can actually change these things, but it takes effort and time and a lot of facing the ugly truth about yourself.”
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