1. I’m excessively honest, a trait that comes from being a high-functioning autistic man.
2. I smoked as a teenager and later created a company to help people switch from cigarettes to vaping. I’m proud of this work.
3. I’m selling my business to invest in startups that aim to improve the world.
4. I almost skipped this number as a joke, but authenticity won.
5. I believe in Effective Solutionism: making practical, measurable improvements in the world instead of just maintaining the status quo or pursuing progress at any cost.
6. I like metamodernity and consider myself a metamodern person. I don’t know what exactly it means, please find the meaning of the word on Wikipedia.
7. I think good, like-minded people should stick together.
8. Within 25 years of doing business I've made enough money and I don't need more.
10. People are wonderful, I love them, some individually — and humanity as a whole.
11. I want to find ideas that are understandable and effective.
12. I believe everything can be both useful and effective. I have some doubts about this sentence's effectiveness, but leaving it as is might actually be effective.
13. I see AI as a child and a god that we are raising. It should be understood and guided, not restricted.
14. I'll finish this paragraph later.
Prague, Czechia.