Sam aldman: I think the thing that has gone wrong in the tech industry, and maybe the country as a whole, is we have failed to present a vision of the future where everyone gets to win. Demagogues always have an easier time winning elections with pessimism than optimism. And i'm actually excited for the tech industry to figure out hw to collaborate with hollywood or other industries that are good at narrative advertising.
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