Haven't read the book so I have only the vaguest idea of what that implies.
But let me be more explicit. We can have values and thoughts that don't respect success. Sometimes that may mean being made irrelevant, being killed, or even made extinct as a group. Nonetheless, until actual death occurs, we can hold those views.
To some people that is more important than anything else. I like those people. Some are successful, some are not. The universe will erase them, as it will erase us all. But to me while that thought lasts, it is valuable.
