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“I love making things that are profoundly useful,” he adds. “I’m a very practical craftsperson.”

Tyler has identified talent either earlier than or missed by top undergraduate programs, the best biotech startups, and the best biotech investors, all without any insider knowledge of biotech. In comparison, Forbes 30U30, MIT Tech Review TR35, or Stat Wunderkind, and other industry awards that highlight talent are lagging indicators of success. It... See more

Whatever else you want to say about Elon Musk, there is one undeniable fact in his favor: he is the first person to become the richest person in the world by deliberately setting out to reduce existential risk for humanity. For most of the past two centuries, the people at the top of the economic ladder–the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Carnegies, For... See more

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Importantly, this is a ‘software’ trait & is independent of more ‘hardware’ traits such as processing speed, working memory, and other such things.

In early 2019, for example, the founder of the Shanghai electric-car company NIO transferred 50 million shares into a “user trust.” While the founder retains voting rights over the shares, the trust enables its members to help decide how to use a portion of the company’s eventual profits. This was not an act of charity; in the disclosure documents,... See more