Nate Silver

On top of that, typical startup founder ego, feeling like you're oppressed when you're actually very powerful, right? Having this run of success, having lots of money and people who are sycophantic in your general orbit. We've not talked quite enough about just a lot of plain old competitiveness, wanting to compete and win.

On top of that, typical startup founder ego, feeling like you're oppressed when you're actually very powerful, right? Having this run of success, having lots of money and people who are sycophantic in your general orbit. We've not talked quite enough about just a lot of plain old competitiveness, wanting to compete and win.

On top of that, typical startup founder ego, feeling like you're oppressed when you're actually very powerful, right? Having this run of success, having lots of money and people who are sycophantic in your general orbit. We've not talked quite enough about just a lot of plain old competitiveness, wanting to compete and win.

Capitalism will triumph for better and worse because the people who want to compete are going to out-compete people who don't want to compete. Unless you entirely suppress competition, then competition is going to win. It's a very hard problem to balance out.

Capitalism will triumph for better and worse because the people who want to compete are going to out-compete people who don't want to compete. Unless you entirely suppress competition, then competition is going to win. It's a very hard problem to balance out.

Capitalism will triumph for better and worse because the people who want to compete are going to out-compete people who don't want to compete. Unless you entirely suppress competition, then competition is going to win. It's a very hard problem to balance out.

That's great. It's only in the top 0.0001%. It's because if you're born on third base... just put your money in a trust fund, go do too much coke. You don't really have much of an incentive because what some of these people are doing is they keep bludgeoning the horse when it's already dead. I'm mixing my metaphors here, right?

That's great. It's only in the top 0.0001%. It's because if you're born on third base... just put your money in a trust fund, go do too much coke. You don't really have much of an incentive because what some of these people are doing is they keep bludgeoning the horse when it's already dead. I'm mixing my metaphors here, right?

That's great. It's only in the top 0.0001%. It's because if you're born on third base... just put your money in a trust fund, go do too much coke. You don't really have much of an incentive because what some of these people are doing is they keep bludgeoning the horse when it's already dead. I'm mixing my metaphors here, right?

But in some rational sense, when you sell your first startup for $50 million, just go buy a villa in Tuscany or something and have a great party with all your friends, be an angel investor, invest in a basketball team. But instead, they kind of keep competing over and over and over again and doubling down over and over again.

But in some rational sense, when you sell your first startup for $50 million, just go buy a villa in Tuscany or something and have a great party with all your friends, be an angel investor, invest in a basketball team. But instead, they kind of keep competing over and over and over again and doubling down over and over again.

But in some rational sense, when you sell your first startup for $50 million, just go buy a villa in Tuscany or something and have a great party with all your friends, be an angel investor, invest in a basketball team. But instead, they kind of keep competing over and over and over again and doubling down over and over again.

And so by definition, it's like a poker tournament where the person who goes all in 10 times in a row and by luck or skill, the combination really, win these bets 10 times in a row. All of a sudden, wealth multiplies exponentially and you're worth more money than half the countries on Earth. I mean, what is Elon's net worth compared to the GDP of most countries on Earth?

And so by definition, it's like a poker tournament where the person who goes all in 10 times in a row and by luck or skill, the combination really, win these bets 10 times in a row. All of a sudden, wealth multiplies exponentially and you're worth more money than half the countries on Earth. I mean, what is Elon's net worth compared to the GDP of most countries on Earth?

And so by definition, it's like a poker tournament where the person who goes all in 10 times in a row and by luck or skill, the combination really, win these bets 10 times in a row. All of a sudden, wealth multiplies exponentially and you're worth more money than half the countries on Earth. I mean, what is Elon's net worth compared to the GDP of most countries on Earth?

A lot of power accumulating in a very small number of people's hands. It self-accelerates. It's flubber. Before the book, the print edition, you can kind of bounce your way through. I am partially audiobook. That's what I did. I listened to it. We cut out some of the things that are a little bit more detours. I'm actually partial to the audiobook version. Yeah, yeah.

A lot of power accumulating in a very small number of people's hands. It self-accelerates. It's flubber. Before the book, the print edition, you can kind of bounce your way through. I am partially audiobook. That's what I did. I listened to it. We cut out some of the things that are a little bit more detours. I'm actually partial to the audiobook version. Yeah, yeah.

A lot of power accumulating in a very small number of people's hands. It self-accelerates. It's flubber. Before the book, the print edition, you can kind of bounce your way through. I am partially audiobook. That's what I did. I listened to it. We cut out some of the things that are a little bit more detours. I'm actually partial to the audiobook version. Yeah, yeah.

Constraints are good. I want to kind of force you to like, in the order of the author.

Constraints are good. I want to kind of force you to like, in the order of the author.