Why Doesn't a Buyout Offer End Simile?

Joon Sung Park says a $15 billion offer to sell Simile does not end the work when he has every reason to believe an ambitious idea exists that only Simile can pursue. Simile will pursue that idea.

People who stay influential across eras treat the greatest prize for winning the current game as the right and invitation to play the next one. Extreme commitment, stamina, and the ability to keep getting excited are what carry them. The reverse can be a mode of failure: optimizing for one fundraising, one customer, or one best paper, winning it, and then losing interest. Institutions and individuals who achieved incredible things can disappear over time. He will not call every disappearance a failure, and in many cases it can look like an amazing success. For anyone who wants impact across many generations and many eras, the split is short-term thinking versus long-term thinking: an exit tomorrow, or a bid to reshape how society operates for the better.