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Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build the future [video]

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Re: Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build the future [video]

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Post by carlisle_ »

zouhair wrote: post #77
tedmiston wrote: post #49

Refreshing advice: Work on a problem you care about and don't worry about the rest until it's working. > Sam: So you were 19 when you started Facebook. One question we hear a lot at Y Combinator is, "I'm 19 today. I really want to do whatever I can to make the world better. What should I do?" > Mark: I always think that the most important thing that entrepreneurs should do is pick something they care about, work on i…

And also be extremely lucky.

This is true for pretty much every aspect of life though. I think massive success for an individual should already imply this.

Re: Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build the future [video]

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Post by sctb »

earthpalm wrote: post #81

He could have been more lucky if he did not call his users "dumb fucks".

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Re: Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build the future [video]

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Post by sctb »

meeper16 wrote: post #52

Start a company by calling your users dumb fucks. Then make it so that it copies MySpace, a shit-fest. Then make it so that you can spy on girls. Thumbs up on that life plan. Shitty life plans work for the privileged.

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Re: Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build the future [video]

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Post by thefastlane »

zouhair wrote: post #77
tedmiston wrote: post #49

Refreshing advice: Work on a problem you care about and don't worry about the rest until it's working. > Sam: So you were 19 when you started Facebook. One question we hear a lot at Y Combinator is, "I'm 19 today. I really want to do whatever I can to make the world better. What should I do?" > Mark: I always think that the most important thing that entrepreneurs should do is pick something they care about, work on i…

And also be extremely lucky.

power and privilege help too.

Re: Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build the future [video]

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Post by sctb »

meeper16 wrote: post #30

You are correct. He cut and pasted MySpace then spammed beyond anyones belief to voyeristically spy on chicks he could not get while at Harvard. Facebook will go the way of Compuserve, AOL, TheGlobe, Geocities, Friendster, MySpace. Too boot, the founding team called their users dumb fucks? How does a company like this even exist. Google is orders of magnitude more valuable in terms of real technology and real revenue…

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Re: Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build the future [video]

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Post by janvdberg »

zouhair wrote: post #77
tedmiston wrote: post #49

Refreshing advice: Work on a problem you care about and don't worry about the rest until it's working. > Sam: So you were 19 when you started Facebook. One question we hear a lot at Y Combinator is, "I'm 19 today. I really want to do whatever I can to make the world better. What should I do?" > Mark: I always think that the most important thing that entrepreneurs should do is pick something they care about, work on i…

And also be extremely lucky.

In this [1] Tim Ferris podcast Peter Thiel states about Zuckerberg (paraphrasing here): "the more time you spent with him the more you realise it is not luck."

[1]http://fourhourworkweek.com/2014/09/09/peter-thiel/

Re: Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build the future [video]

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Post by duaneb »

tedmiston wrote: post #38
aaron-lebo wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Connectivity, AI, VR? You don't have to be a billionaire to see those being important. Hopefully we'll have a more benevolent entity than Facebook bringing us into that future.

You don't, but it helps make it real when you can acquire the best minds in that space.

That's another way of saying you can reinforce delusion with money. It's only positive if it's right.

Re: Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build the future [video]

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Post by z3t4 »

tedmiston wrote: post #49

Refreshing advice: Work on a problem you care about and don't worry about the rest until it's working. > Sam: So you were 19 when you started Facebook. One question we hear a lot at Y Combinator is, "I'm 19 today. I really want to do whatever I can to make the world better. What should I do?" > Mark: I always think that the most important thing that entrepreneurs should do is pick something they care about, work on i…

If it takes 100 years for one man, it will only take a month for a company or community ... Some problems can't simply be fixed by one man alone. And it's better to own little of something then all of nothing ... Look at for example Elon Musk. He only owned like 5% of the companies he started once they where sold. Also Facebook only had a few thousand users when Zuckerberg started to bring more people in to work on it.

Re: Sam Altman talks with Mark Zuckerberg about how to build the future [video]

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Post by lossolo »

stepanhruda wrote: post #78
o0-0o wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He gave his own facebook stock to his own charity. If you've ever owned a corporation, you know just how cynical, contriving, and conceitful that move is.

If you're giving away so many billion, you might as well oversee yourself how they are going to be spent. What sketchiness do you see here? It was already his money.

He still could oversee it in non-profit organization. This is not an argument at all.
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