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Pieter Levels: belief

20 Aug 2024 Lex Fridman Podcast #440 – Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life

“I don’t think that makes you happy. I think constraints probably make you happy.”

— Pieter Levels

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Speaker
Pieter Levels
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belief
Recorded
20 Aug 2024
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Lex Fridman Podcast

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…I think Franz Kafka said, “I’m free, therefore I’m lost.” Man, that’s so true. That’s exactly the point. And freedom, it’s the definition of no constraints. Anything is possible, you can go anywhere. And everybody’s like, “Oh, that must be super nice. Freedom, you must be very happy.” And it’s the opposite. I don’t think that makes you happy. I think constraints probably make you happy. And that’s a big lesson I learned then. But what were they making for money? So you’re saying they were doing shady stuff at that time?…

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