Juan Orbea

Gifted children and adults are often misunderstood. 

Amazon is the example I think of most often, because its not actually some magical event that gave Bezos any unfair advantage. It was simply appreciating the present as it was. I would also argue there were two examples of Amazon's journey that represented an arbitrage opportunity in terms of TAM. 

Imagine being a product of this regimen, one of the kids who thrived in it, the sort who winds up at elite schools. All your life you have been pleasing your elders, performing and enjoying the hundreds of enrichment tasks that dominated your early years. You are a mentor magnet. You spent your formative years excelling in school, sports, and... See more

Thiel argues that innovation has stagnated in the last half a century, citing examples of how industries like energy, aerospace, automotive or biotech haven't had any major breakthroughs during this period.

You can find a bunch more juicy examples in the chapter titled, appropriately, "If the News is Fake, Imagine History". 

To return to the issue of subjectivity, consider: is the reinstantiated mind the same consciousness as the person we just scanned? But it is not easily resolved, or even readily understood. How do we distinguish a process that is conscious from one that just acts as if it is conscious?We can’t simply ask it. If it says “Hey I’m conscious,” does... See more

Understandably, YouScience strives to make the experience and the resulting “strengths profile” as positive as possible. The post-assessment report doesn’t harp on what kids are not good at and also doesn’t tell anybody that the best fit for them is an unskilled, low-wage job. The 500 careers in its database all require at least some post-high... See more

Also, their discipline of walking away from insurance business when it was badly priced was key to their success.