I think one thing is just, people don't get out of silican valley enough. From horsheta an ipad, what are some systematic problems in silican valley that prevent certain particular problems from even being noticed? I would have loved it if there were results to discuss from the eyepad. If pessimism is indeed the biggest handicap, what do you do to actively cultivate optimism? You know, i try so hard to avoid pessimistic in my life that i don't feel like i have enough of a data set to answer that with any confidence.
Founders aren’t superheroes, says Sam Altman.They may play extreme sports, respond to emails within seconds, and start billion-dollar companies, but they are rarely the product of extraordinary circumstance. In fact, they tend to be solidly upper-middle class, reasonably smart, and with loving parents.
So would Sam fund Peter Parker? What about Bruce Wayne?
Tyler and Sam discuss these burning questions and more, including what’s wrong with San Francisco, Napoleon’s underrated skill, nuclear energy, the greatest invention of the Industrial Revolution, his rant against coworking spaces, UBI and AGI, risk and regret, optimism and beauty, and why venture capitalists don’t have superpowers either.
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Recorded January 28th, 2019 Other ways to connect