"We curate our lives around this perceived sense of perfection, because we get rewarded in these short term signals: Hearts, likes, thumbs up. We conflate that with value, and we conflate it with truth, and instead, what it really is is fake, brittle popularity that's short term and leaves you even more vacant and empty before you did it."
Chamath Palihapitiya is a venture capitalist and technology executive known for early roles at Facebook and for founding Social Capital. He has been active in startup investing, public markets commentary, and SPAC sponsorship. His work focuses on technology-driven businesses and long-term investing themes.