In a business setting I would say the operative word is ally rather than friend.
Harry On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > Since you [Jed] know him so well, please explain this dichotomy >> > in rossi's relationships with people; what makes a person >> > a snake and a clown and what makes a person a valuable friend. >> >> A razor's edge. > > > Exactly! > > It might also be compared to quantum entanglement. All of us who try to > deal with Rossi play the role of Shrodinger's cat. It is impossible to know > -- even in principle -- whether you are presently alive or dead to him. > After a while you stop caring, which is why, for example, I am typing this > message. Or . . . am I?!? > > See also: Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field -- > > http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Reality_Distortion_Field.txt > > "A reality distortion field. In [Job's] presence, reality is malleable. He > can convince anyone of practically anything. It wears off when he's not > around . . . > > ". . . [J]ust because he tells you that something is awful or great, it > doesn't necessarily mean he'll feel that way tomorrow. You have to low-pass > filter his input. And then, he's really funny about ideas. If you tell him a > new idea, he'll usually tell you that he thinks it's stupid. But then, if he > actually likes it, exactly one week later, he'll come back to you and > propose your idea to you, as if he thought of it." > > This is the mark of genius and also of a sociopath. Jobs was both. > > - Jed >
