Replit CEO Amjad Masad: Young People's Job Is to Be Heretics and Question Society's Beliefs
_AustinCalvert_ · x · 2026-09-24
Replit co-founder and CEO Amjad Masad argues in an a16z interview that the job of young people is to be heretics who question society's deeply held beliefs.
Key points
- He questions "What is college, and what is it for?" and "What is the utility of young people in society?", arguing society has blind spots around both.
- Silicon Valley is a monoculture: "every culture is somehow a monoculture, even the most radical cultures like Silicon Valley," which suppresses ideas that don't fit its consensus.
- Young people should be encouraged to experiment and try impossible things — they're the ones who can break entrenched thinking.
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