.Naval on Elon Musk: He is a perennial risk taker. He’s always willing to start over. He doesn’t have any pride about being seen as successful or being seen as a failure.
“I’m always struck by the Elon Musk story where he did PayPal… And he said something along the lines of:
The word “science” has two meanings, which are often confused. Traditionally, it stands for the rational pursuit of knowledge, while the contemporary use refers to institutionalized consensus seeking via peer review. The switcheroo seems to have happened between 1960ies and 90ies