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Pavel Durov

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We are scared that we won’t become accepted anymore, which thousands of millions of years ago meant we’re going to starve to death. So we have to consciously fight this inclination to be agreeable with everything that the majority imposes on you because it’s quite clear that many things that the majority, many activities the majority is engaging in are not bringing you any good.

“We are scared that we won’t become accepted anymore, which thousands of millions of years ago meant we’re going to starve to death. So we have to consciously fight this inclination to be agreeable with everything that the majority imposes on you because it’s quite clear that many things that the majority, many activities the majority is engaging in are not bringing you any good.”
Speaker
Pavel Durov
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

02 / commitment

Apple didn’t allow us to update Telegram in the app store saying for at least four weeks that we have to come to an agreement with Russia first who said it’s not possible. They said, “We will allow you to push your update for Telegram worldwide except for Russia.

“Apple didn’t allow us to update Telegram in the app store saying for at least four weeks that we have to come to an agreement with Russia first who said it’s not possible. They said, “We will allow you to push your update for Telegram worldwide except for Russia.”
Speaker
Pavel Durov
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

03 / commitment

TON is a blockchain technology that we initially developed in 2018 and 2019, and we started to develop it because we needed a blockchain platform to be integrated deeply into Telegram because we believe in blockchain.

“TON is a blockchain technology that we initially developed in 2018 and 2019, and we started to develop it because we needed a blockchain platform to be integrated deeply into Telegram because we believe in blockchain.”
Speaker
Pavel Durov
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

04 / commitment

Of course, because we would never use, for example, your personal messaging data or your context data or your metadata or your activity data to target ads.

“Of course, because we would never use, for example, your personal messaging data or your context data or your metadata or your activity data to target ads.”
Speaker
Pavel Durov
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

05 / commitment

Exactly. It’s one of the reasons why I’d like to think I’m an efficient project manager and product manager inside Telegram because I will not take anything but ambitious deadlines from my team members.

“Exactly. It’s one of the reasons why I’d like to think I’m an efficient project manager and product manager inside Telegram because I will not take anything but ambitious deadlines from my team members.”
Speaker
Pavel Durov
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

06 / commitment

We designed a system in a way that’s impossible. It’ll require us to change the system and we won’t do that because we made a promise to our users.

“We designed a system in a way that’s impossible. It’ll require us to change the system and we won’t do that because we made a promise to our users.”
Speaker
Pavel Durov
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

07 / commitment

I will, if anything, double down on defending freedoms because I experienced firsthand what the absence of freedom feels like at least during these four days in police custody when you are just stuck, unable to communicate with people that are important to you, when you don’t even know what’s going on in the world in relation to you personally.

“I will, if anything, double down on defending freedoms because I experienced firsthand what the absence of freedom feels like at least during these four days in police custody when you are just stuck, unable to communicate with people that are important to you, when you don’t even know what’s going on in the world in relation to you personally.”
Speaker
Pavel Durov
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast
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