On: 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice

[keiferski]

What is the purpose of a pedantic comment like this? The meaning is clearly supposed to be something like, “don’t directly compete with other people, but be the best as something new/different.”

Scott Adams and Peter Thiel have echoed similar sentiments.

[hyperpallium → keiferski]

But if it works, soon you're not the only, just have a headstart.