Silicon Valley accepts failure only AFTER it’s led to success and been fitted neatly into a narrative where the outcome of the failure wasn’t failure at all.
Have you heard the “Surprisingly Awesome” episode about pigeons?
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Meanwhile, in Brazil’s startup scene/facebook forums/twitter/meetups, the chats go like:
“Oh! Things would be so much different if we had, in our culture, Silicon Valley’s healthy mindset, when it comes to naturally accepting failure, without stigma, and recognizing its learning value, as a intrinsical part of an entrepreneur’s path”.
Looks like narrative shoehorning and grass-is-greener-elsewhere is a widespread issue.