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Introduction
Number one, his genius was not in inventing. Rather, it was in inventing a system of invention. Dozens of researchers and engineers and thinkers labored beneath Edison in a carefully constructed hierarchical organization that he founded and oversaw. Number two, it has always seemed strange to me, the things that we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding, and feeling, are the complements of failure in our system. And those traits that we detest, sharpness, greed, meanness, egotism, and self-interest, are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first, they love the produce of the second.
So those are 2 quotes that appear at the very beginning of the book that I'm going to talk to you about today, which is Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire, and it was written by Brad Stone. This is a sequel to The Everything Store, and this is part 3 in this miniature 3-part series that I'm doing on Jeff Bezos. You don't have to listen to them in order, but it might be helpful if you do.