Clarifying: what drives besides resentment make people take on outlier personal challenges like building billion $ co, running for prez?
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I think Musk is doing it because he want humans on Mars. I think people building effective altruism are trying to improve the world.
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I think I'm struggling to ask the question in a way that separates psych drives from overtly stated motives/narratives
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Gates is from a law dynasty, built 2 categories: software probably driven by raw joy of art; $B company maybe inherited ambition
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arrogance / boredom with anything that isn't an extreme (maybe a weird version of nihilism)
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