Altman, Amodei and Why the Pragmatic Survive

When people ask me what I've learned about leadership from reporting on tech companies for 20 years, I always say the same thing: that the most successful CEOs are more pragmatic than zealous. 

Tech CEOs are notorious for using visionary language and tying it to their personal beliefs about improving the world. They brandish mission statements about organizing all the world’s information and make us believe that their products are going to revolutionize the world for the benefit of humankind.