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I'll add a few that are outside the realm of business and investing:
Philip K. Dick's writing inspires me to take nothing for granted, least of all my own perception, and to work to peel away layers of assumed reality to keep looking for truth.
I admire Sid Meier, creator of the computer game Civilization, for having such a clear vision that he has been able to delegate game design in four sequels-- each having that magic combination of new features while remaining firmly rooted in the concepts that made the first version so deep and replayable. Not to mention the balls he has to gamble on the new designer's push to turn the game's familiar 20-year-old combat system completely on its head.
I admire Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland Athletics, for questioning baseball dogma, creating a novel approach to scouting talent in a domain rich with unquestioned notions. At first, he was considered crazy. Now, everyone subscribes to the paradigm he created.
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