dark talent.
For most of human history, a genius was born, lived, and died, and no one knew a thing about him or her; today’s technology changes that
Jim O'Shaughnessy • O’Shaughnessy Ventures is Here (EP.140)
Thiel did a fireside chat my freshman year (2014) of college where someone asked: “Could the next Zuckerberg be in this room?”
Thiel: “He would never show up to an event like this.”
ron bhattacharyayx.comFinding Undiscovered Talent
joincolossus.com1729 - It’s named after the Ramanujan number, which symbolizes for us the dark talent: all those people from the middle of nowhere, passed over by the establishment, with crazy-but-correct ideas, who could do great things if only given the opportunity. These are exactly the kinds of people who we expect will found startup societies and network
... See moreI’ve been thinking about how to empower the dark talent of the world.
I’ve always wanted to expand equality of opportunity around the world.