Probability By editor on February 19, 2018 — 1 min read You have to have this probabilistic approach to it. If 30% of this stuff works, my God! We’re gonna live in an unbelievably awesome world, a fairer world, a more inclusive world, a good world. But if I don’t try, then all other people are going to do is just hoard, hoard, hoard. And how... More
The Count By editor on February 19, 2018 — 1 min read Now it’s just not enough. Now it’s a count, and for me I have to make sure that I have as much power to allocate, and capital to allocate, against my worldview as others who I fundamentally disagree with. I fundamentally disagree with the Kochs, I fundamentally disagree with them. So, we just put 20... More
Terry Matthews and Sam Legg By editor on January 28, 2018 — 1 min read I took the bus to Newbridge. Complete luck that the controller of Newbridge would go from his nice neighborhood, through this shitty neighborhood, to get on the highway. And so he would see “this guy,” standing by the bus, and eventually he saw me inside the office, and one day he stopped and said, “Do... More
Impact By editor on January 28, 2018 — 1 min read Part of why I’m so open about this is I think it gives permission for other people to be honest. I grew up in a dysfunctional household on welfare. That compounded a bunch of shit in my life that was not great. We were very focused on money, it was a huge point of pressure... More
Custodian By editor on January 28, 2018 — 1 min read Money is an instrument of change, and you should view it more as a custodian than as a system that defines who you are as a person. https://www.marketplace.org/2017/12/19/tech/source-code-chamath-palihapitiya (8:20) More