"The single biggest mistake people make in this area is: because they're intelligent in one area, they assume they're intelligent in all areas." Alex Karp on why Silicon Valley's culture of presenting as the smartest in the room is a weakness: "You have to be honest, aware about where your aptitude is." "A big failure mechanism in the valley is every valley person is forced to present as if they're the smartest in all areas at all times." "If you don't know who the mark is, you're the mark." "I'm dyslexic and I think one of the reasons I've done so well is ... I do think I'm one of the better people at certain things ... and I know I'm not at everything." "A failure mode for the valley is 'I'm the smartest on every issue ... I need to be the person negotiating this contract.' What if you have no aptitude for that?" "Just because you can do X does not mean you've imputed high aptitude at Y ... it's almost certain that you're just not smart enough to realize how bad you are." @PalantirTech @KTMBoyle