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the tuition you pay for a degree reality issues without a ceremony.
means a failure is any attempt that didn't produce the intended result, which makes it data, not verdict.
from from latin fallere, to deceive or trip up — originally about being led astray, not about being bad.
survivorship biaswe study winners and ignore the wreckage that taught them
edison quoteclaimed 1000 failed filaments before the lightbulb worked
startup mathroughly 90 percent of startups fail, most from no market need
for instance
apple newton — 1993 flop that quietly seeded the palm pilot and later the iphone
new coke — 1985 coca-cola disaster reversed in 79 days, taught brand loyalty is emotional
jk rowling rejections — harry potter turned down by 12 publishers before bloomsbury said yes
nasa mars climate orbiter — 1999 loss from mixing metric and imperial units, cost 327 million dollars