Peter Thiel: “Computer Science was a fake field”

YC is better at helping people pivot and find the thing that could be huge than any other investor or program or school or literally anything that exists Helping founders escape the idea maze and find PMF is the reason why YC exists

ChatGPT literally saved this guy’s life after he got lost in the woods. The groupd got lost for 5 hrs in unmapped woods on an ATV ride, then one guy sent phone GPS coords to ChatGPT every few minutes. ChatGPT replied with clear compass cues, road names, and terrain notes,

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Palmer Luckey on why founder-led companies win Palmer recalls Mark Zuckerberg investing in Facebook’s AI research lab as early as 2014 or 2015: “A lot of people — including the public markets — saw it as a folly. They saw it as Mark working on this ridiculous thing, burning

This is Naval Ravikant’s favorite book. He’s been rereading it for 10 years straight, and it inspired his most famous frameworks on wealth creation. Here are the 6 lessons from "The Beginning of Infinity" that shaped Naval into one of the most influential thinkers of our time:

In 2025, Bill Gates now owns more soybean farms than computers: 275,000 acres. $700+ MILLION of U.S. land. Everyone's laughing it off as a "weird billionaire hobby." But here's why it's actually a sign of what's coming (and how to prepare): 🧵

A hedge fund manager explains how poker prepares you for trading:

A 23-page research paper reveals the number 1 method Hedge Funds use to beat the market: Time Series Momentum This is how: 🧵

Stripe's CEO never studied finance. Instead, he reverse-engineered PayPal’s docs—and built a $95 BILLION company at 22. How? A learning method so powerful, it's now taught in colleges. Here's his genius framework for learning anything fast: 🧵

Mark Zuckerberg knows something we don't. In 2023, he spent $270M on this remote Hawaiian ranch. He claims it's a "holiday resort." But what he's actually building suggests something serious is coming. Here's what's really going on at Ko'olau Ranch: 🧵

Gemini 2.5 is the best all around AI model right now. It can now run coding/CLI, Sheets, education, even aces India’s IIT-JEE exam 🤯 Gemini is everywhere. 10 wild examples:

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In 2012, Zuckerberg wanted to buy an unknown company for $1 BILLION. The tiny startup was making no money and had only 13 employees. Even his COO begged him not to do it. Until she saw what happened next... ⬇️

Mark Zuckerberg knew he had to move fast. Over 3 days, he met secretly with Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom at his Palo Alto home. No lawyers. No bankers. Even Facebook's board was kept completely in the dark...

Zuckerberg's 72-hour decision created $100+ billion in value. He ignored critics, bypassed his board, and bet everything on mobile's future. While others debated, he acted. That same decisiveness builds empires...

In 2000, PayPal was bleeding $10 million a month to fraud. Elon and Peter Thiel had no clue how to stop it. So they desperately called in a 21-year-old hacker to save the company. Here’s how a college kid rescued their $75 BILLION empire: 🧵

Facebook has the most powerful security system in the world. But in 2005, this college kid hacked their site for their biggest rival. Partners told Zuckerberg to "sue him." Others said send him to prison. But Zuck did something no one saw coming...⬇️

8 Greatest Laws I know at 40, I wish I knew at 20: 1.

Mathematical Thinking ; "For People Who Hate Math" - by Albert Rutherford