Joe Lonsdale

I mean, of course, you know, you have to go with Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, but also people early in my life. My original chess teacher, Richard Sherman, he passed a few years ago, but he was like an intelligence officer and he dropped out.

I mean, of course, you know, you have to go with Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, but also people early in my life. My original chess teacher, Richard Sherman, he passed a few years ago, but he was like an intelligence officer and he dropped out.

I mean, of course, you know, you have to go with Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, but also people early in my life. My original chess teacher, Richard Sherman, he passed a few years ago, but he was like an intelligence officer and he dropped out.

I think he faked his own death and he was kind of living like in poverty, teaching chess and was like this chess master sensei who taught me Eastern philosophy. So I've had some interesting, crazy people I met over the years, you know, really shaped my life. Talk to me about the story of how you sought Peter out as a mentor.

I think he faked his own death and he was kind of living like in poverty, teaching chess and was like this chess master sensei who taught me Eastern philosophy. So I've had some interesting, crazy people I met over the years, you know, really shaped my life. Talk to me about the story of how you sought Peter out as a mentor.

I think he faked his own death and he was kind of living like in poverty, teaching chess and was like this chess master sensei who taught me Eastern philosophy. So I've had some interesting, crazy people I met over the years, you know, really shaped my life. Talk to me about the story of how you sought Peter out as a mentor.

Well, Peter was the founder of the Stanford Review, and he was just someone who I thought was just a fascinating intellectual character at the time. And, you know, honestly, what it was also is tracking talent. And so I think that's something I've always been interested in is what are the most interesting, brightest, harsh-working people doing.

Well, Peter was the founder of the Stanford Review, and he was just someone who I thought was just a fascinating intellectual character at the time. And, you know, honestly, what it was also is tracking talent. And so I think that's something I've always been interested in is what are the most interesting, brightest, harsh-working people doing.

Well, Peter was the founder of the Stanford Review, and he was just someone who I thought was just a fascinating intellectual character at the time. And, you know, honestly, what it was also is tracking talent. And so I think that's something I've always been interested in is what are the most interesting, brightest, harsh-working people doing.

And a lot of the smartest people at Stanford when I was there were going to work at PayPal. And these are people I was really impressed by. So I said, wow, this is really interesting. I want to get to know this group. I want to learn from them too.

And a lot of the smartest people at Stanford when I was there were going to work at PayPal. And these are people I was really impressed by. So I said, wow, this is really interesting. I want to get to know this group. I want to learn from them too.

And a lot of the smartest people at Stanford when I was there were going to work at PayPal. And these are people I was really impressed by. So I said, wow, this is really interesting. I want to get to know this group. I want to learn from them too.

And I mean, I didn't know at the time, of course, that it was going to be Peter Thiel and Elon Musk and who they are today and that all these companies would come out of it, like LinkedIn and Yelp and YouTube and 16 others. But I did know it was a lot of the brightest people and I wanted to learn from them.

And I mean, I didn't know at the time, of course, that it was going to be Peter Thiel and Elon Musk and who they are today and that all these companies would come out of it, like LinkedIn and Yelp and YouTube and 16 others. But I did know it was a lot of the brightest people and I wanted to learn from them.

And I mean, I didn't know at the time, of course, that it was going to be Peter Thiel and Elon Musk and who they are today and that all these companies would come out of it, like LinkedIn and Yelp and YouTube and 16 others. But I did know it was a lot of the brightest people and I wanted to learn from them.

And, you know, I had a very strong interest not only in computer science, but in economics and history and philosophy, which is all stuff that Peter's very interested in. So when we did meet, you know, through the Stanford Review, I think you got along intellectually.

And, you know, I had a very strong interest not only in computer science, but in economics and history and philosophy, which is all stuff that Peter's very interested in. So when we did meet, you know, through the Stanford Review, I think you got along intellectually.

And, you know, I had a very strong interest not only in computer science, but in economics and history and philosophy, which is all stuff that Peter's very interested in. So when we did meet, you know, through the Stanford Review, I think you got along intellectually.

Well, it's interesting because you said earlier, I'm not going to say who you're saying it about, but anyone who is the one guy we both know who's done a lot of drugs and he's still pretty sane and functional and that's really impressive, right? It's extreme.

Well, it's interesting because you said earlier, I'm not going to say who you're saying it about, but anyone who is the one guy we both know who's done a lot of drugs and he's still pretty sane and functional and that's really impressive, right? It's extreme.