Bob is so easy to replace. He provides nothing to his team, work, society, or family that is unique to himself. He’d rather lose himself in the crowd, become indistinguishable, than be himself. i
I view entrepreneurship as means of reconciling the infinite and finite. You venture into your imagination, gather knowledge, and dream about a better world. But you have to bring some of that back to earth. You take a step — no matter how small — towards your imagined world in the real world.
He takes the designs passed to him by his product manager and implements them 100% according to spec. He never questions anything. He is moved by his managers from team to team without any objections. When asked why he’s doing what he’s doing, he parrots what his manager told him about the importance of the mission and how he fits in. He is as passable as a coin.
