The scarcest signal at work is datapoints on how trustable someone is
gabriel1 · x · 2026-10-23
The author argues the scarcest signal at work is datapoints on how good and trustable someone is — which is why their first three hires were people they'd known and worked with for years, building mutual trust that enabled big bets on each other.
In the quoted context he adds that SF is special because having winners doesn't mean there are losers: everyone wins when things get better and cheaper, and wanting to win is arguably the greatest source of innovation and global wealth creation.
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