Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny | The New Yorker

archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 18 May 2024 15:22:45 UTC All snapshots from host www.newyorker.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuse Skip to main content Newsletter Search The Latest News Books & Culture Fiction & Poetry Humor & Cartoons Magazine Puzzles & Games Video Podcasts Goings On Shop Profiles Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny Is the head of Y Combinator fixing the world, or trying to take over Silicon Valley? By Tad Friend October 3, 2016 Altman says, “Most people want to be accepted, so they won’t take risks that could make them look crazy.”Illustration by R. Kikuo Johnson One balmy May evening, thirty of Silicon Valley’s top entrepreneurs gathered in a private room at the Berlinetta Lounge, in San Francisco. Paul Graham considered the founders of Instacart, DoorDash, Docker, and Stripe, in their hoodies and black jeans, and said, “This is Silicon Valley, right here.” All the founders were graduates of Y Combinator, the startu

archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 18 May 2024 15:22:45 UTC All snapshots from host www.newyorker.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuse Skip to main content Newsletter Search The Latest News Books & Culture Fiction & Poetry Humor & Cartoons Magazine Puzzles & Games Video Podcasts Goings On Shop Profiles Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny Is the head of Y Combinator fixing the world, or trying to take over Silicon Valley? By Tad Friend October 3, 2016 Altman says, “Most people want to be accepted, so they won’t take risks that could make them look crazy