Deedy Das
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first heard Nov 2025
last heard 14 Nov
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Often what I've seen, and this is something that I'm generally very curious about, is like, what is the motivation of humans and what is the dictator of outcomes in their life and their career?
And one thing I've noticed a lot is, A, there are some societies that are inherently, I think, less meritocratic, where you get so judged for what you have in the past that you're not allowed to prosper later.
And I think largely many...
Work environments in India and other places in Asia can be like that, number one.
So you're not judging on the merits of your work, you're judging on the merits of what you've done.
And number two, there's a very strong self-fulfilling prophecy effect of I've seen people who underrate themselves because they think they couldn't be number one at some things.
It's your own mental block where like, I couldn't get into like, I don't know, you know, people in the Bay Area also like this.
The Bay Area is kind of like Asia.
In the Bay Area, I know people who grew up who were like, I couldn't get into a good college.
Therefore, I am stupid.
And therefore, I should not work that hard.
Right?
Like it's inherent that they could be smart.
They just believe they're not.
And that also has an effect, psychological effect on your long-term prospects.
You look at a guy like Rahul Patel, who's become the CTO of Anthropic, and he's not from a top university in India.
Some people, obviously...
debate that.
In general, I don't think it's a really well known university in India.
And he's come to a society that is quite meritocratic.
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