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The best companies are those that create a network where the more people join, the more valuable the network becomes for everyone.

investing— TechCrunch Disrupt interview, 2012
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We are not trying to be smarter than the founders. We are trying to identify who the great founders are and then support them.

venture-capital— Bloomberg interview, 2014
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The cost of missing a great company is much higher than the cost of overpaying for one. Asymmetry matters.

risk— Stanford GSB talk, 2013
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We are living at the most remarkable moment in human history. The internet is the most transformative technology since the printing press.

technology— Breakthrough Prize ceremony remarks, 2016
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If there is other intelligent life in the universe, and we don't look, we will never know. That seems like a strange choice for a species that calls itself curious.

science— Breakthrough Listen launch press conference, 2015
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Physics teaches you one thing above all else: your intuitions are wrong and the model is right. Build the model. Trust the model.

philosophy— Wired interview, 2011