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#1075 Dwarkesh Patel On Why The Future Will Be Wild

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Lever Bets Can Amplify Your Returns

The dangerous thing is, yes, you want to take these lever bets on people. Levers can amplify your returns but if you've made the wrong bet, you're justgoing to get liquidated faster. Think about like, somebody like napoleon. O, heill return, and he'll get rid of the intire government and replace it with his own dictatorship. So i think it's really potentially rewarding, but potentially very dangerous to hire those kinds of e elon.

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