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Tobi Lütke calls the climate movement one of the most evil things
“Well, you have to get rid of the climate cult, first of all because it's just like, I mean, it's one of the most evil things that's been wrought on on, on, on population.”
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“I think you can learn more by studying World of Warcraft raiding guilds than you can learn from studying companies about coordination and what great looks like.”
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Opinion
Tobi Lütke: Everyone should be deeply suspicious of non-profit organizations
“The problem with charity dollars is they can't be given to anything that has a self healing fitness function, like, which is very fancy way of saying the words. For profit. Like markets voting of if a thing should exist. And like a not for profit, like the wor…”
Tobi LütkeMay 4, 2026▶ 35:28Shopify CEO on How AI is a Scapegoat for Mass Layoffs & Trump Derangement Syndrome in Canada · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Tobi Lütke: Tech layoffs are driven by pandemic overhiring, not AI
“What you see right now is not AI layoffs. It's also just like the companies that are really slow that like overhired just like everyone else doing it now.”
Tobi LütkeMay 4, 2026▶ 18:19Shopify CEO on How AI is a Scapegoat for Mass Layoffs & Trump Derangement Syndrome in Canada · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Opinion
Tobi Lütke: At least half the population fundamentally misunderstands wealth creation
“There's an enormous amount, at least half of population is utterly confused about how this all works and makes very, very bad choices due to this.”
Tobi LütkeMay 4, 2026▶ 26:20Shopify CEO on How AI is a Scapegoat for Mass Layoffs & Trump Derangement Syndrome in Canada · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Opinion
Tobi Lütke: Society should be daily thankful for Elon Musk
“There's just simply no chance that we shouldn't be sort of deeply, deeply, deeply, in fact, daily thankful for what Elon is doing on Planet Earth. Like, he's so singular.”
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