Researchers and Founders - Sam Altman

The best people in both groups spend a lot of time reflecting on some version of the Hamming question—"what are the most important problems in your field, and why aren’t you working on them?” In general, no one reflects on this question enough, but the best people do it the most, and have the best ‘problem taste’, which is some combination of learn... See more

Their motivations are often more complex than they seem—specifically, they are frequently very driven by genuine curiosity.