June 6, 2021 ☼ Notes

Ongoing list of live players.

How do you spot a live player?

They’re probably high agency, independently minded, and surprisingly capable.

Individuals

• Ray Dalio
• Jeff Bezos
• Elon Musk
• Zuck
• Venkatesh Rao
• Visakan Veerasamy
• Alexey Guzey
• Sam Altman
• Paul Graham (at least up until he stopped running YC)
• Ben Thompson
• Peter Thiel
• Mark Lutter
• The Collisons
• Brian Chesky and co
• Samo Burja

Institutions

• Apple

Institutions that were dead but were revived

• Jack Welch at GE

Archetypal Live Players who are now dead

• Steve Jobs
• Winston Churchill
• Napoleon