Nat Friedman
Co-founder of Ximian and Xamarin; CEO of GitHub from 2018 to 2021; now an independent investor and funder of open technical projects, including the Vesuvius Challenge to read the Herculaneum Papyri.
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It is our right, and maybe our moral duty, to reshape the universe to our preferences
As human beings it is our right (maybe our moral duty) to reshape the universe to our preferences Technology, which is really knowledge, enables this
Nat Friedman Said 4 Sept 2026
You should work on raising the ceiling, not the floor
You should probably work on raising the ceiling, not the floor Enthusiasm matters! It's much easier to work on things that are exciting to you
Nat Friedman Said 4 Sept 2026
Doing things fast is important because you make contact with reality more often
It's important to do things fast You learn more per unit time because you make contact with reality more frequently Going fast makes you focus on what's important; there's no time for bullshit
Nat Friedman Said 4 Sept 2026
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The efficient market hypothesis is at best a very lossy heuristic
The efficient market hypothesis is a lie At best it is a very lossy heuristic The best things in life occur where EMH is wrong
Nat Friedman Said 4 Sept 2026
The replication crisis is not an aberration; many of the things we believe are wrong
We know less than we think The replication crisis is not an aberration Many of the things we believe are wrong We are often not even asking the right questions
Nat Friedman Said 4 Sept 2026
The cultural prohibition on micromanagement is harmful
The cultural prohibition on micromanagement is harmful Great individuals should be fully empowered to exercise their judgment
Nat Friedman Said 4 Sept 2026
Smaller teams are better
Smaller teams are better Faster decisions, fewer meetings, more fun No need to chop up work for political reasons
Nat Friedman Said 4 Sept 2026
Large engineering projects are more soluble in IQ than they appear, and many tech companies are overstaffed
Large-scale engineering projects are more soluble in IQ than they appear Many tech companies are 2-10x overstaffed
Nat Friedman Said 4 Sept 2026
Where you get your dopamine predicts your behavior
Where do you get your dopamine? The answer is predictive of your behavior Better to get your dopamine from improving your ideas than from having them validated
Nat Friedman Said 4 Sept 2026
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The replication crisis is not an aberration; many of the things we believe are wrong 2 hold this
We know less than we think The replication crisis is not an aberration Many of the things we believe are wrong We are often not even asking the right questions
Nat Friedman Said 4 Sept 2026
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