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Sam Altman: belief

27 Feb 2019 Conversations with Tyler Sam Altman on Loving Community, Hating Coworking, and the Hunt for Talent

“I played a lot of poker in college, and I think I learned more about life and business from that than I learned in college.”

— Sam Altman

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Speaker
Sam Altman
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
27 Feb 2019
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

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…What makes you a good poker player? I played a lot of poker in college, and I think I learned more about life and business from that than I learned in college. I would not say I’m a great poker player, but I’m pretty good. The thing that makes me, I think, good about that is getting good at quickly evaluating risk. I’m from the Northeast. When I watch racing cars, I see a bunch of little things on TV go around and around the track, and I’m totally bored. What am I missing?…

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