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How Sam Altman chooses what to work on

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David Perell

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krushnaraj2 years ago

make the episode come out early sir

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David Perell2 years ago

Wednesday!

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Patrick Naughton2 years ago

He's just another darpa talking head frontman..

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Bright Mirror2 years ago

drop the whole episode!

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David Perell2 years ago

In two days...

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Vikash Singh2 years ago

@JoinOverlap do we have this on our platform?

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Hovhannes Mkhitaryan2 years ago

As much as I don’t like him personally, he is 100% right.

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Nicholas | SMOK32 years ago

Wait… is he saying you should spend as much time as possible “thinking about what to work on” ? Or the opposite?

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Phil2 years ago

He’s right 😬

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Verdi Erel Ergün 🇺🇸2 years ago

Writing to crystallize thinking is dramatically underrated/unknown.

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