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When did Sam Altman last visit China?

• mkoubaa 2y ago
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  • m3kw9 2y ago
    What did he do to you?
    • _aavaa_ 2y ago
      Lose 5B$/year
    • rad_gruchalski 2y ago
      He’s in a gang with MElon.
    • bigyabai 2y ago
      Embarass humanity with crypto garbage: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_(blockchain) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_(blockchain)
• Leary 2y ago
  As recent as 2017. "Earlier this year, I noticed something in China that really surprised me. I realized I felt more comfortable discussing controversial ideas in Beijing than in San Francisco. I didn’t feel completely comfortable—this was China, after all—just more comfortable than at home." https://blog.samaltman.com/e-pur-si-muove https://blog.samaltman.com/e-pur-si-muove He also mentions giving a talk for YC in China in 2018: https://blog.samaltman.com/idea-generation https://blog.samaltman.com/idea-generation
  • remarkEon 2y ago
    That particular quote seems to come up every once in a while, and I still don't quite get why people feel it's profound or important. China has a very public and well-known list of things that you are not allowed to talk about (Tienanmen Square, a few others). SF doesn't (or didn't) because what was offensive or violated whatever new rule the way-too-online wasn't codified as part of some legal apparatus, it was/is very dynamic. One does not need to actually go to China to recognize this.