Prose-poem about dreamers as 'the architects of greatness' whose visions outlast crumbling empires; Tamir reads it aloud and it frames the episode's question of reconciling greatness with detachment from outcome.
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- Tamir's bare startup studio
In his startup's early days Tamir lived in a bachelor studio with no bathroom (shared with three units), no full kitchen, no art or family photos, just IKEA desks and a mattress on the…
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- Visions gotten from outside are a problem
'Makers of Empire' starts with vision lying within the soul; if you're getting your visions exogenously, from the culture, that's a problem.
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- Keep visuals of your why on the wall
During the grind of his early startup, Tamir put up visuals such as 'Makers of Empire' to remind himself why he was doing what he was doing.
Walls crumble and empires fall... the rotting nations drop off from time's bough, and only the things the dreamers make live on.