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Chamath: Running a $10B+ company is entirely about capital allocation
“This is where I think at, like, I can't be a CEO of a million dollar or a hundred, ten million dollar, a hundred, or even billion dollar company, because That's about functional competence. But when a company becomes ten billion dollar plus, it's all about cap…”
Chamath: Outsourcing and stock buybacks are driven by executive compensation incentives
“Business school, as an example, has taught you that redundancy is waste, and waste can be converted into profit, and profit is converted into compensation. And I think that is what people have really drank the Kool-Aid on. And so, you know, when they ran out o…”
Chamath Palihapitiya: Imposter syndrome worsens as career success increases
“I guess like the more like notches up the ladder I go, the more severe it feels and the harder it is for me to fight it back.”
Chamath: Wealth magnifies the destructiveness of an unconstructive happiness search
“I think that money accelerates the point at which you can declare yourself free and feel emancipated. Like I do think that money is a, it liberates people. It gives them freedom, but going back to what we were saying before, it doesn't make you happier. And if…”