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Not _so_ casual. > This was my first time meeting Elon and Ilya, and I strongly remember my impressions of both. It makes sense given Sam Altman runs the most
by caust1c 8y ago
Not _so_ casual.
> This was my first time meeting Elon and Ilya, and I strongly remember my impressions of both.
It makes sense given Sam Altman runs the most renowned accelerator in the world and Elon has a big interest in AI.
And yes, I know you're joking but it piqued my interest.
- jgh 8y agoHalf-joking. I read that sentence and couldn't help but groan because it came across as so damn privileged.
- gkoberger 8y agoIf Elon was his uncle, that would be privilege. But Greg Brockman is a MIT and Harvard grad, and was CTO of Stripe for 5 years (he was employee #4). Yes: smart, successful people get dinner together and talk about projects. That's not privilege, that's just how it works. Is Elon only supposed to get dinner with a randomly selected person every night? (For what it's worth, I believe nobody has done as much to open up Silicon Valley to anyone, regardless of connections, as YC has. Between Sam and Stripe, he was there due to YC connections.)
- Myrmornis 8y agoYes, I found much of the article had similar problems with tone.
- throwaway756 8y agoYeah. The tone is incredibly... douche-y right from the first paragraph. I respect his accomplishments, but damn - have some humility. You are not Abraham Lincoln.