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Well, there's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiel_Fellowship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiel_Fellowship but there aren't many of them and the funding is a f
by Jach 6y ago
Well, there's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiel_Fellowship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiel_Fellowship but there aren't many of them and the funding is a few orders of magnitude less. Perhaps somewhat made up for in social network/connections.
I've wanted to read about what happened if anyone ever decided to apply Asimov's filter at earlier ages. His filter was simply having interest in particular science fiction. https://www.gwern.net/docs/culture/1963-asimov https://www.gwern.net/docs/culture/1963-asimov
- staunch 6y agoI think the amount makes all the difference. A $200 million windfall is enough for FU money AND and investing. SpaceX and Tesla would not have existed, or would have failed, had Elon Musk not have his own fortune to call upon. He had planned to invest a portion but ended up needing all of his money.
- slim 6y agothat's to identify and fund a thousand Peter Thiels. I'm not sure we want that
- staunch 6y agoPeter Thiel is a big part of why PayPal succeeded. PayPal enabled Elon Musk. I think Thiel also invested in various Elon Musk projects, so we probably do want more Peter Thiels.