Brian Chesky

So 2007 was like this year of like a supernova energy because suddenly social media was about to be on phones. And we all felt like It was about to make the world connected. And what I noticed over the course of a decade or a decade and a half was that pretty soon people were living on devices. And I think the products were starting to be used the way we didn't intend.

Social media may be the most successful product in the world that was invented and actually uninvented in the sense that at one point it was called social networking. then your friends pretty soon became your followers. And when your friends became your followers, it no longer meant it was about connection. It was about performing.

Social media may be the most successful product in the world that was invented and actually uninvented in the sense that at one point it was called social networking. then your friends pretty soon became your followers. And when your friends became your followers, it no longer meant it was about connection. It was about performing.

Social media may be the most successful product in the world that was invented and actually uninvented in the sense that at one point it was called social networking. then your friends pretty soon became your followers. And when your friends became your followers, it no longer meant it was about connection. It was about performing.

And when you start performing for other people, you lose intimacy and you lose authenticity, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but it's not meant to fill the void of connection in your life. And I started thinking to myself, I said, I want Airbnb. To be able to help combat loneliness because we were about connection in the real world.

And when you start performing for other people, you lose intimacy and you lose authenticity, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but it's not meant to fill the void of connection in your life. And I started thinking to myself, I said, I want Airbnb. To be able to help combat loneliness because we were about connection in the real world.

And when you start performing for other people, you lose intimacy and you lose authenticity, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but it's not meant to fill the void of connection in your life. And I started thinking to myself, I said, I want Airbnb. To be able to help combat loneliness because we were about connection in the real world.

We weren't about devices. We spend our whole lives on devices. And I noticed I've never had a dream where a device is in my dream. There's something about that. The real world is the real world. Yeah.

We weren't about devices. We spend our whole lives on devices. And I noticed I've never had a dream where a device is in my dream. There's something about that. The real world is the real world. Yeah.

We weren't about devices. We spend our whole lives on devices. And I noticed I've never had a dream where a device is in my dream. There's something about that. The real world is the real world. Yeah.

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Yeah, absolutely. Well, I thought to myself, Airbnb is a community. who's the most famous committee organizer in the world? I had this unbelievable experience where I got to, like many entrepreneurs, meet President Obama. I spent some time with him. And then after he left the presidency, I just was really shameless about reaching out to him, asking for advice, asking for mentorship.

Yeah, absolutely. Well, I thought to myself, Airbnb is a community. who's the most famous committee organizer in the world? I had this unbelievable experience where I got to, like many entrepreneurs, meet President Obama. I spent some time with him. And then after he left the presidency, I just was really shameless about reaching out to him, asking for advice, asking for mentorship.

Yeah, absolutely. Well, I thought to myself, Airbnb is a community. who's the most famous committee organizer in the world? I had this unbelievable experience where I got to, like many entrepreneurs, meet President Obama. I spent some time with him. And then after he left the presidency, I just was really shameless about reaching out to him, asking for advice, asking for mentorship.

And he would meet with me and he'd give me advice and I would take it. And I'd like do all this work. And I'd go and I'd like a teacher, I'd show him the assignment and said like, and then he'd give me another assignment. And I'd do it. And I'd give it to him and then he would do another assignment. And at one point in 2018, we had a standing one-hour call every week.

And he would meet with me and he'd give me advice and I would take it. And I'd like do all this work. And I'd go and I'd like a teacher, I'd show him the assignment and said like, and then he'd give me another assignment. And I'd do it. And I'd give it to him and then he would do another assignment. And at one point in 2018, we had a standing one-hour call every week.

And he would meet with me and he'd give me advice and I would take it. And I'd like do all this work. And I'd go and I'd like a teacher, I'd show him the assignment and said like, and then he'd give me another assignment. And I'd do it. And I'd give it to him and then he would do another assignment. And at one point in 2018, we had a standing one-hour call every week.

And I basically had my day job during the day. And then I had my night school with the former president where I would get these assignments. But it changed my life. By the way, he's the one who told me to reach back out to my old friends. He said, I have a circle of 10 to 15 really close friends