#033 - Emmett Shear on Practice, Agency, Coordination, & Positive Sum Games - Audience of One

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Emmett Shear is the co-founder and former CEO of Twitch, ex-interim CEO of OpenAI, and a visiting partner at Y Combinator. We talk about agency, meta learning, deliberate practice, coordination problems, parasocial relationships, positive sum games, and more. Please enjoy.

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(00:51) When to persist vs. make a change (06:16) Know what you want and how to get it (10:58) Agency is about seeing a path forward & being willing to fail (16:42) Draw 100 owls (19:55) How to find your thing (25:21) Small talk & knowing the environment where conventional norms come from (30:00) All problems are coordination problems (37:42) Geography is still important (41:48) What's Paul Graham's next essay? (44:00) Are parasocial relationships good for humanity? (48:16) We need to articulate a positive vision of the future (50:04) Positive-sum games

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Emmett’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/eshear

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Spencer’s Blog: https://spencerkier.substack.com

#033 - Emmett Shear on Practice, Agency, Coordination, & Positive Sum Games

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