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
Institutions that were dead but were revived
Archetypal Live Players who are now dead
- Steve Jobs
- Winston Churchill
- Napoleon