Dr. Stephen Wolfram is a physicist and founder of Wolfram Research Inc. (creator of Wolfram Alpha, Mathematica, and the Wolfram Language). He is also recognized as the author of "A New Kind of Science," a groundbreaking work exploring computational systems and their implications in the natural world.

In our conversation, we discuss:
[00:00] Introduction
[01:12] Going from Highschool at 16 to PhD by 20 years old
[15:27] The story of starting Wolfram Research (and why he decided to bootstrap the company)
[21:23] Thinking in first principles
[26:31] Lessons learned on people management and leadership
[31:40] How to be extraordinary and position yourself for success
[33:00] What Wolfram's main skills are
[41:15] What to look for in co-founders
[48:00] How Wolfram makes big irreversible decisions
[59:05] Elon Musk's improvement process (and how Stephen thinks about product design, and decision making framework)
[1:15:20] Wolfram's relationship with money
[1:25:00] Using first principles to build wealth
[1:35:30] Artificial Intelligence
[1:42:00] How close are we to achieving AGI (and what the future could look like with AI)

Learn more about Stephen:
• Website: https://www.stephenwolfram.com/
• Twitter:   / stephen_wolfram  

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