Sam Altman’s year of textbook reading after Loopt
A post frames Altman’s year off after selling Loopt in 2012 as his highest-return year, though it says almost none of the reading panned out at the time.
TLDR
A post sharing a video describes Sam Altman taking a year off after selling Loopt in 2012 and reading textbooks on nuclear engineering, AI and biology. It characterizes the break as his “highest ROI year,” despite almost none of it panning out at the time, and quotes Altman reflecting: “no idea it'd all connect like this.”
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Sam Altman’s year of textbook reading after Loopt
A post frames Altman’s year off after selling Loopt in 2012 as his highest-return year, though it says almost none of the reading panned out at the time.
TLDR
A post sharing a video describes Sam Altman taking a year off after selling Loopt in 2012 and reading textbooks on nuclear engineering, AI and biology. It characterizes the break as his “highest ROI year,” despite almost none of it panning out at the time, and quotes Altman reflecting: “no idea it'd all connect like this.”