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CHAMATH PALIHAPITIYA

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The most contrarian thing you can do in venture is invest in something that sounds crazy. If it sounds reasonable, someone else already did it.

contrarianventure-capital— Social Capital Blog, 2018
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I came to this country with nothing. Literally nothing. The system worked for me because I was able to go to university and compete on merit.

backgroundpersonal— All-In Podcast, 2021
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Facebook was an incredible place to learn how to grow a product. But I have tremendous guilt about what we built. I think we knew something bad could happen.

facebookregret— Stanford GSB Talk, 2017
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The best investments are in companies fixing something that is genuinely broken. Healthcare is broken. Education is broken. Financial services are broken. That is where I want to put capital.

investingsocial-impact— Social Capital Presentation, 2019
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SPACs democratize access to private markets. They let retail investors participate in growth that was previously only available to institutional investors.

retail-investingspac— CNBC Interview, 2020
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Elon is doing things that matter. SpaceX matters. Tesla matters. The rest of Silicon Valley is optimizing ads.

elon-muskinnovation— All-In Podcast, 2022