Auren Hoffman Quotes

economies that will be most hit by AI: India and Philippines
they both rely on outsourced knowledge workers.
we should see deep impacts to both economies as early as 2025.

recommendations are ads.
but we like "recommendations" and hate "ads".
so henceforth, all "ads" will be renamed "recommendations". long recommendTech

all internal product launches should have code names that can be represented by emojis.

the most valuable seed investors are the ones doling out AWS credits like candy

value of human life is a tough concept, but it’s a reality that exists and easy to see in the data (what gov spends for safety improvements, etc)

a statistical life in the US is worth about $10m….the value of a life in a poor country is about $100,000. 100x difference.

best answer to rote interview question:
“my greatest weakness is having to to point out that the question, “what is your greatest weakness?”, is a bad question. like what were you actually trying to accomplish with this question? have you gotten any real insightful answers?”

repeat founders make different mistakes than first time founders. It is easier to make first sales and get a false signal on product market fit when you have good connections and know how to sell

the biggest problem with Gen Z is that they do not use and love email enough

things rich people do not want you to know:
they are not any more neurotic than average

if someone gives you advice to not take their advice ...
you end up stuck in a recursive loop.

Old ponzi: steal from reputable charities
New ponzi: steal from international criminal cartels

People that drop out of college are way worse off than people that never go in the first place (outside of outliers like Zuck, Gates, etc.) - all the debt, none of the benefit

its a huge policy failure that policymakers treat everyone’s higher ed completion probability as 100%. In reality the completion rate is roughly 50%.

humans are monogamous but LLMs are polyamorous.
in 2024, we'll see LLMs in relationships with multiple other LLMs.

the AI baby boom second order affect: sub-burbs and ex-burbs will grow much faster than cities.
“Re-suburbanization” 2.0. giddy up

summer: always too cold indoors and too hot outdoors
winter: always too hot indoors and too cold outdoors