Patrick McKenzie
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yes.
I love many things Byrne writes.
I think I luckily have a differentiated point of view on this one, so I will hope to get it out to the internet someday.
But on the one hand, I loved it.
I think Factorio Space Exploration mod specifically was the best video game I ever played.
And yet I spent 750 hours on that over the course of a year.
And I was, you know, on sabbatical and recharging from six very hard charging years at Stripe and also running the United States vaccination location information effort.
But, you know,
There's a question of like, at relevant margins, are you maximizing for your true values?
And I was like, oh, a little worried about that.
And so now my EA checks on me.
Do I worry about it for other people?
I will say that when I was young and a World Warcraft Raid Guild leader who spent a thousand hours on that, that it was a substitute advancement ladder for me.
The actual job was working sailor man in central Japan.
It gave me no scope of control over things.
And I thought if I was a startup CEO, I could make decisions right now.
I could build something awesome, but I don't have that ability.
And I don't see myself as being the kind of person who could become a startup CEO.
So if I can't be satisfied in my nine to five in terms of making things happen in the world,
At the very least, I can make sure we kill the dragon in two hours.