The biggest secret in building a billion-dollar company is that the best ideas look like bad ideas at first. If everyone agrees with you, you’re too … - Alexis Ohanian

I read Singularity is Near a decade + change ago and felt pretty skeptical afterwards, but damn, Kurzweil nailed it, esp on this question of “Will intelligence become the dominant force shaping everything?” He was absolutely right. I'm so grateful to be alive + building rn.

The biggest secret I've learned about creating billion-dollar companies is that the best ideas look like bad ideas at first. If everyone agrees with you, you’re too late.

I want great quests, not just great returns - companies I’ll be proud to tell my daughters about because of how they changed in the world for the better. IIRC Founders Fund coined this "choose good quests" meme and I think it's spot on.