Dropping Out and Other Low-Risk Life Decisions
Risk has never been cheaper, yet commitment has never been harder. On the Thiel Fellowship, the dizziness of freedom, and Silicon Valley accidentally making risk free.
Dropping Out and Other Low-Risk Life Decisions Risk has never been cheaper, yet commitment has never been harder. On the Thiel Fellowship, the dizziness of freedom, and Silicon Valley accidentally making risk free. Artificial Whimsy Apr 29, 2026 123 12 13 Share Imagine this: you are 21 years old, freshly bar-legal, approaching your senior year of college (for most of you, congratulations, this is your make-believe do-over). Choose your fighter: Get paid $250,000 by a prestigious fellowship to drop out and build (you’re not exactly sure what yet) Do Y Combinator with a few classmates—no need to
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