<story><title>Peacetime CEO/Wartime CEO (2011)</title><url>https://a16z.com/2011/04/14/peacetime-ceowartime-ceo-2/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tmpz22</author><text>Beyond that, has anyone else noticed how executive types LOVE to quote movies like the god father, wolf of wall street, and similar types of media, as if they themselves are the protagonist and&amp;#x2F;or &amp;quot;hero&amp;quot; of the story? Its a &amp;quot;Rah-rah&amp;quot; strongman ideal chalk full of projection and other bullshit mechanisms.&lt;p&gt;To quote M.A.S.H. &amp;quot; War isn&amp;#x27;t Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.&amp;quot; What is business? Cupcakes.</text></item><item><author>whatshisface</author><text>This was published in 2011, and refers to Larry Page and Google+. It turns out that Google would have been better off if they had been less single-minded about pushing their new product. So take it all with a grain of salt.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>the_af</author><text>Yes. And what&amp;#x27;s worse, they misinterpret movies like the Wolf of Wall Street as something to admire (even if being aware of the excesses), when they are really descriptions of broken, corrupt, hateful individuals and criminals. Quoting the Wolf of Wall Street shouldn&amp;#x27;t serve as an endorsement of &lt;i&gt;anything&lt;/i&gt;.</text></comment>
<story><title>Peacetime CEO/Wartime CEO (2011)</title><url>https://a16z.com/2011/04/14/peacetime-ceowartime-ceo-2/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tmpz22</author><text>Beyond that, has anyone else noticed how executive types LOVE to quote movies like the god father, wolf of wall street, and similar types of media, as if they themselves are the protagonist and&amp;#x2F;or &amp;quot;hero&amp;quot; of the story? Its a &amp;quot;Rah-rah&amp;quot; strongman ideal chalk full of projection and other bullshit mechanisms.&lt;p&gt;To quote M.A.S.H. &amp;quot; War isn&amp;#x27;t Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.&amp;quot; What is business? Cupcakes.</text></item><item><author>whatshisface</author><text>This was published in 2011, and refers to Larry Page and Google+. It turns out that Google would have been better off if they had been less single-minded about pushing their new product. So take it all with a grain of salt.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jacobwilliamroy</author><text>Yes I notice. You&amp;#x27;re not alone. I see it too.</text></comment>