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Erik Torenberg: Optionality, AI & Elites

"World of DaaS"

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The Evolution of a Public Intellectual

As an outsider and you're going to not go up the main path, I think working in fields where there is higher variance, it's like you want to do something your competitors won't do. And so taking bets on crypto super early when it looks dumb as an example or supporting a candidate that people may not like,. The more high variance bets you can take as an outsider of things that insiders won't do, the better.

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