DISQUS

Sramana Mitra · 2 years ago

It's a nice piece, though. There is something human and decent about the Brin family that comes across, a phenomenon largely absent in the larger Silicon Valley milieu. A 'value system' that's plain good.

AP Style · 2 years ago

I've read countless pieces of the same vein regarding South Asian (which I am) / Chinese / Korean / etc. entrepreneurs as well. Chutzpah can be readily applied to any ethnic group when you are cherry-picking examples. I agree that Moment is really pushing the theme a bit, but the lessons are still valid for anyone.

Leave the ethnicity out of it and focus on the individual please. What was the cultural fuel for Gates/Ellison/Hurley/Bezos/andonandon?

Mark Wendman · 2 years ago

Excellent story at Momentmag.

Even though a short periodical piece, it opens a window into Sergey's background, the way some other excellent science books have discussed important characters - like "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman" dove into Nobel Prize winning PhD Richard Feynman's unique character, and the superb book "Laser: The Inventor, the Nobel Laureate, and the Thirty-Year Patent War" dove into the arcane story of Gordon Gould's invention and development of the first lasers.

While some are less comfortable reading cultural phrases they are less familiar with, other folks whose families remember experiences of previously endured risky emigration, with its typical early poverty - can often understand the unusual character stories that often result from the voyages of long ago.....

Forget your past and you often take for granted the precious times and privileges of the present.

Sergey and Larry are both obviously outstanding brilliant guys and the cultural voyage described of Sergey's early days is heartwarming and at times whimsical in ways that some can appreciate.

What very deserving guys and what astounding, amazing accomplishments !!

(Tikun Olam - "translated" by google as "Do No Evil" is wonderful, and the intent is sincere)