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zwkrt | 3 years ago

Another tech CEO realizing that the only way to sustain growth is to reject reality.

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dehrmann|3 years ago

There's also a charitable way to read that. You won't change the world by resigning yourself to its current state; you have to reject its current state. Which isn't to say this is the next big thing, just that big ideas start by rejecting reality.

dymk|3 years ago

A wise man one said, “I reject your reality and substitute my own”

dehrmann|3 years ago

I was gonna say I remember this from Mythbusters promos. Now, Adam was the Steve-O of the show, so take that quote with a grain of salt.

jeron|3 years ago

“We don’t want this”

“Not yet but you will”

Sounds like the story of every Apple product ever

jaywalk|3 years ago

That's a pretty fair summarization of the past, but this is unlike any Apple product ever. IMO, there's nothing Apple can do that will make a significant number of people want to buy and strap on a $3k headset.

rootusrootus|3 years ago

And thus Apple became the most valuable company in the world by understanding that the first people to respond weren't their customers.

dylan604|3 years ago

while you say reject reality, they believe create your own reality