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Sam Altman on Loving Community, Hating Coworking, and the Hunt for Talent (Ep. 61 - Live in SF) | Conversations with Tyler

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Founders aren’t superheroes, says Sam Altman.They may play extreme sports, respond to emails within seconds, and start billion-dollar companies, but they are rarely the product of extraordinary circumstance. In fact, they tend to be solidly upper-middle class, reasonably smart, and with loving parents. So would Sam fund Peter Parker? What about Bruce Wayne? Tyler and Sam discuss these burning questions and more, including what’s wrong with San Francisco, Napoleon’s underrated skill, nuclear energy, the greatest invention of the Industrial Revolution, his rant against coworking spaces, UBI and AGI, risk and regret, optimism and beauty, and why venture capitalists don’t have superpowers either. Watch the full conversation Recorded January 28th, 2019 Read the full transcript TYLER COWEN: Sam needs no introduction. If we read the tech press and listen to other people’s podcasts — SAM ALTMAN: Oh no. COWEN: —what’s the single most likely misconception about venture capital they’re going to h

Sam Altman on Loving Community, Hating Coworking, and the Hunt for Talent (Ep. 61 - Live in SF) | Conversations with Tyler February 27, 2019 Sam Altman on Loving Community, Hating Coworking, and the Hunt for Talent (Ep. 61 - Live in SF) He’s renowned for assessing talent — so would he fund Peter Parker? How about Bruce Wayne? Subscribe Apple Google Stitcher Spotify YouTube You may also like: Founders aren’t superheroes, says Sam Altman.They may play extreme sports, respond to emails within seconds, and start billion-dollar companies, but they are rarely the product of extraordinary circumstanc

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