@garrytan: We are gonna be markdown skill-maxxing from here Thank you @illscience for a fun conversation
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Garry Tan tweets about a fun conversation with @illscience, referencing a16z's post on YC, first principles thinking, and progress in the age of AI.
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We are gonna be markdown skill-maxxing from here
Thank you @illscience for a fun conversation
a16z (@a16z): Garry Tan on YC, First Principles Thinking, and Progress in the Age of AI
Silicon Valley’s advantage is that it gives weird, ambitious outsiders permission to try, find one another, and become insiders through building. Garry Tan learned this firsthand throughout his career at
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