Sam Altman, the guy behind eye-scanning-surveillance-WorldCoin and turning the OpenAI non-profit into a for-profit vehicle against the wishes of the donors 👏
In a blog post, Sam Altman, former president of startup accelerator Y Combinator, outlines his 13 thoughts on how to achieve outlier success, drawing from his observations of successful founders and his own experiences. Altman stresses the importance of compounding oneself, having self-belief, thinking independently, becoming good at “sales,” taking risks, focusing, and working hard. He also emphasizes the need to be bold, willful, and internally driven, as well as the importance of building a strong network and getting rich by owning things. Finally, Altman advises individuals to define their own metrics for success and to start early in pursuing their goals.
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Having the idea to top all ideas, with all the knowledge and background needed to manage the idea, but no idea how to look for an investor and to afraid to give up the idea in the process, for fear of treachery. This is my dilemma! Amazing post, I think everyone should see it, all though I’m still left in the dark!!
Almost all great ideas get stolen and misattributed. If you're trying to change the world, you have to accept that it might happen to you. Edison didn't invent most of what he got credit for, Elon Musk didn't found Tesla, etc.
Finding good people to work with is the hardest part of almost everything in life, but the benefits compound. Literally no one is successful on their own.
I found it a great read so wanted to share it as I think it might be of interest to some people here.
These are the discussed topics:
Putting at #12 what structurally is #1, especially when your ancestors started with it and gave it to you... Or if you hold bitcoin for a few years.
Too much confidence and a little self delusion
Success requires believing your own hype
Sam Altman, the guy behind eye-scanning-surveillance-WorldCoin and turning the OpenAI non-profit into a for-profit vehicle against the wishes of the donors 👏
Personal attacks rarely result in a constructive argument. I met Sam personally and was quite impressed by our conversations.
What personal attack?
Telling people what he does is an attack because he does sketchy shit.
Everyone can have interesting ideas, even if other ideas in the same brain are not as good.
I liked this write up in particular.
Fully agreed.
Eye scanning isn't surveillance, right? It's identification?
Once a unique hash is associated with your being, you'll be surveillable even if mechanisms are in place to mitigate that.
I was going to say something snarky like "step 7, you can buy poor people's biometrics with a shitcoin" but this is actually a decent post.
real talk though, fuck worldcoin
Reading “Success built to last” now, so this was a great complementary read. Left me pondering hard about my purpose and what gives me meaning
In a blog post, Sam Altman, former president of startup accelerator Y Combinator, outlines his 13 thoughts on how to achieve outlier success, drawing from his observations of successful founders and his own experiences. Altman stresses the importance of compounding oneself, having self-belief, thinking independently, becoming good at “sales,” taking risks, focusing, and working hard. He also emphasizes the need to be bold, willful, and internally driven, as well as the importance of building a strong network and getting rich by owning things. Finally, Altman advises individuals to define their own metrics for success and to start early in pursuing their goals.
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Never take advice from shitcoin sam altman.
@tldr
Thanks for testing! You helped me find a bug.
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@ass?
too many tokens. will look into it
Why are you gay?
view on youtu.beHaving the idea to top all ideas, with all the knowledge and background needed to manage the idea, but no idea how to look for an investor and to afraid to give up the idea in the process, for fear of treachery. This is my dilemma! Amazing post, I think everyone should see it, all though I’m still left in the dark!!
Almost all great ideas get stolen and misattributed. If you're trying to change the world, you have to accept that it might happen to you. Edison didn't invent most of what he got credit for, Elon Musk didn't found Tesla, etc.
Finding good people to work with is the hardest part of almost everything in life, but the benefits compound. Literally no one is successful on their own.