The Strength of Being Misunderstood - Sam Altman Sam Altman
There are two degrees of freedom in caring what people think
- Whose opinion do you care about?
- (*) Coco Chanel, “I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.”
- Which timescale do you care about?
- I am convinced that the newspapers are wrong.
We should trade our low short-term position for a high long-term position.
- But many are unwilling to do so.
- Making bets that are ultimately correct on important but non-consensus questions
- If you are doing the right thing, not being understood by the masses is a strength.
- Able to solve problems that others cannot
relevance - Pleasing the masses is evil.
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