Lex Fridman: belief

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…Story is true. I didn’t, I didn’t dismiss it. But I was deeply honored and, and of course, I knew then as I know now, TSMC is one of the most consequential companies in history. And Morris is one of the highest regarded executives and business and personal friend that I’ve had in my life. And, for him to ask, I was humbled and really honored. But the work that I’m doing here is really important, and I’ve seen, you know, in my mind’s eye, what NVIDIA was going to be and what the impact that we could have. And it was really important work. And it’s my responsibility, you know, my sole responsibility to make this happen. And so I declined it, not because it wasn’t an incredible offer. It’s an unbelievable offer, but I simply couldn’t take it. I think NVIDIA, both NVIDIA and TSMC are two of the greatest companies in the history of human civilization. And running either one, I’m sure, is an incredibly complicated effort and takes… You have to truly be all in. Everybody at every scale, not just at the CEO level. Everybody is really truly all in- Yeah. Yeah, no doubt.…

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