Sam Altman on Loving Community, Hating Coworking, and the Hunt for Talent

>They are never dumb, but upper-middle-class, pretty smart people that have grit and drive and creativity and vision and edge and a different way of thinking about the world. That is what I think I’m good at spotting, and that is what I think are good founders.

Pretty sure everyone on hacker news would identify with his description, but would be terrible founders. Like me!

So much in here, so many topics, so many interesting insights. This quote hit me the hardest:

"Where I grew up, no one would ever walk by a person collapsed on the side of the street on their way to work and not do something about it. I hope I never get used to the fact that that happens in San Francisco."

I have a lot of thoughts about attitudes and politics that bubble up as I think about that, but I think I'll just let it stand here in the comments. Read (or listen, I almost forgot that's an option here too) the whole interview, it's pretty thought provoking.