Chamath on the importance of slow compounding : “The faster...

Chamath on the importance of slow compounding : “The faster you build it, that is the half life: it will get destroyed in the same amount of time.” Things tend to come and go, tip to one side and then the other, tide out and back in, grow and then rot, get created and destroyed, at the same speed.

Chamath on the importance of slow compounding:

“The faster you build it, that is the half life: it will get destroyed in the same amount of time.”

Things tend to come and go, tip to one side and then the other, tide out and back in, grow and then rot, get created and destroyed, at the same speed.

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