Perplexity Co-founder: Academia Teaches You 5x Slower With Almost No Real-World Feedback
gabriel1 · x · 2026-10-21
Gabriel (Perplexity co-founder) explains his opposition to academic credentials: the people you want to impress don't care, academia offers few touch points with reality and mostly zero-sum status games, and you learn roughly 5x slower without pressure — and people need pressure.
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