On Medici and Thiel - by Rohit - Strange Loop Canon
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We should radically scale genius grants
On Medici and Thiel We should radically scale genius grants Rohit Krishnan Jul 26, 2021 80 24 9 Share I think the single most misdirected bit of philanthropy in this decade is Peter Thiel's special program to bribe people to drop out of college. Larry Summers Peter Thiel has a lot of ideas. One of them, from slightly more than a decade ago, was that entrepreneurship is a viable alternative to college. So he decided to spend around $2m annually to sponsor 20-30 kids to drop out of college and do something. Thanks for reading Strange Loop Canon! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and suppor
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