Emmett Shear is the co-founder and former CEO of Twitch, ex-interim CEO of OpenAI, and a visiting partner at Y Combinator. We talk about agency, meta learning, deliberate practice, coordination problems, parasocial relationships, positive sum games, and more. Please enjoy.
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(00:51) When to persist vs. make a change
(06:16) Know what you want and how to get it
(10:58) Agency is about seeing a path forward & being willing to fail
(16:42) Draw 100 owls
(19:55) How to find your thing
(25:21) Small talk & knowing the environment where conventional norms come from
(30:00) All problems are coordination problems
(37:42) Geography is still important
(41:48) What's Paul Graham's next essay?
(44:00) Are parasocial relationships good for humanity?
(48:16) We need to articulate a positive vision of the future
(50:04) Positive-sum games
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Emmett’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/eshear
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Spencer’s Blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com
