So any of ya’ll bullish on Threads?
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Garry Tan
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Writes software, dreams.
Faults are human; what matters is to go further, to live, to be intense, to aim high, and to be loyal. —Tom Sachs
You can always add to who you are
Humans are not fixed and “change” is too zero sum
Reframing “I need to change who I am” to “I can add to who I am”
In a performance review several years ago, my manager sat me down, took a deep breath, and gave it to me straight: “You’ve got to be friendlier. It doesn’t matter if you’re the smartest person in the room if nobody likes you.” It wasn’t the first time I’d heard that kind of suggestion. For most of my career I’ve gotten feedback on how to change myself to be more successful.
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” —Albert Camus
In 2008 I showed up to Y Combinator Startup School to take photos of speakers and learn how to start a startup.
I was an engineer and designer and had never started a company before.
Today I am the new President & CEO of Y Combinator, an organization that is a true magnet for smart ambitious high integrity people who believe technology can solve the problems facing humanity.
And those that believe are those that do.
Looking forward to an epic 2023. 🙏
Algorithms for life: “Politely withholding your preferences puts the computational problem of inferring them on the group.
Politely asserting your preferences (I’m inclined toward x. What do you think?) helps shoulder the cognitive load of moving the group toward resolution.”
https://blog.galowicz.de/2022/12/28/book-review-algorithms-to-live-by/
Ideas we believe can become self fulfilling prophecies if we take action to make them a reality.
The same goes for ideas about people.
This is one reason to be open and optimistic about meeting new people— any given person might be a friend or collaborator.
How to Stand Out (without getting shot down)
How to Stand Out (without getting shot down)
PG in 2008: "Steam power was a sliver of the British economy when Watt started working on it. But his work led to more work till that sliver had expanded into something bigger than the whole economy of which it had initially been a part.
The same thing could happen with the Internet."
Good prediction
Pretty cool thing: Because of the Internet, everyone who is into thing X can meet each other now
Before, ideas of all kinds would live/die alone in one person stuck in one place in time. You could escape only through books.
Now the infinite book connects you to all others.
