I was telling Paul about that similar experience from my end as well but what advice would you have for somebody who hasn't had that experience. I think about that a lot like just being okay with being the freak and like who really cares? If kevin heart is starting comedy for the first time and half the people are like dude you're not funny what's wrong with you, of the other half are like yo keep going this is great. And playing the long game I think is important like us it's not gonna happen fast it never like it doesn't happen and if you start with that I think it puts you in a really good spot of like it might take 10 years before I
Billy Oppenheimer is a writer. He is also the research assistant for Ryan Holiday.
In this conversation, we spoke about the future of AI and writing, playing the long game, why everything is a remix, what he learned driving Robert Greene from the airport, and why the work is the win.