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Struggle to find a company (outside of palantir oddly) that was founded on top of a dissertation depth philosophical insight
Paypal, also. Bitcoin, if you stretch the definition of "found a company"
what’s palantir’s?
At the end of the day, all of the most successful social apps are about helping people hook up. The more efficiently you do this, the bigger your company will be. 
A few examples come to mind: 1. Jonah Perretti’s essay that may have led to Buzzfeed: https://genius.com/Jonah-peretti-capitalism-and-schizophrenia-annotated … 2. Satoshi Nakamoto - Bitcoin Whitepaper 3. Vitalik Buterin - Ethereum Whitepaper Crypto and AI offer the most in terms of philosophically engaged companies.
Generally agree, though, it’s rare.
Would you not put all of Elon's current crop of companies on that list?
The 'philosophical insights' are retrofitted (eg. Facebook pitch today vs at start). One day Tinder will be telling everyone "it started with an epiphany about connecting humanity's hearts...".
i wrote a horrible essay on this topic in my second year of college years back that may be still possible to find online but i've always likened this to the concept of moral backpropagation. You do whatever it takes, and post hoc you fit a story that justifies your actions
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