Beff Jezos on hyperstition: carve reality to make your beliefs happen
beffjezos · x · 2026-10-25
Beff Jezos argues you must "hyperstition the future" — hold beliefs so deep that you forcibly carve reality to make them happen. Quoting Peter Thiel's preference for founders who speak in absolute futures rather than probabilities, the quoted poster reflects that being too probabilistic plays it too safe, and building a world-changing company requires a degree of calculated delusion.
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