Boris Cherny: belief

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…It's so interesting how sci-fi has prepared us to think about where things are going. It creates these [inaudible 01:18:21] models of like, "Okay. I see. I've read about this sort of world." Yeah. I think, for me, this was the reason that I joined Anthropic actually, because, like I said, I was living in this rural place. I was thinking these long-time skills, because everything is just so slow out there. At least, compared to SF. And just all the things that you do are based around the seasons, and it's based around this food that takes many, many months. That's the way that social events were organized. That's the way that you organize your time. You go to the farmer's market, and it's persimmon season, and you know that, because there's 20 persimmon vendors. And then the next week the season is done, and it's, like, grape season. And you see this. So, it's these long-time skills. And I was also reading a bunch of sci-fi at the time. And just being in this moment, I was just thinking about these long-time skills. I know how this thing can go. And I felt like I had to contribute to it going a little bit better. And that's actually why I ended up at Ant. And Ben Mann was also a big part of that too. I feel like I want to do a whole podcast just talking about your time in Japan, and the journey of Boris through Japan to Anthropic. But we'll keep it short. I'll quickly recommend a sci-fi book to you if you haven't read it. Have you read Fire Upon The Deep?…

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