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Jiang's former belief that the best ideas and best work would naturally win without friends, money, or connections.
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meritocracy illusion
Jiang's former belief that the best ideas and best work would naturally win without friends, money, or connections.
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"Okay. So the thing about Yale is when you're a poor kid and you get in a place like Yale, which is like, I..."
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"It didn't matter if I didn't have any money. It didn't matter if I didn't have any connections. All that mattered was if I..."
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The interview starts with the end of the world and Satoshi Nakamoto, but the deeper line is Jiang's theory of front men.
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