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As well as video games, he's very influenced by sci-fi.
My own theory is that he sees himself as a kind of Hari Seldon figure (can't remember for sure but think I saw him wearing a "Foundation" t-shirt at some event). Or someone like Alan Saul from Neal Asher's "Owner" series.
This delusional belief, along with typical emotional/ego issues, may be what gives him that righteous fervour for "making life interplanetary" or whatever.
This is full of gems:
> I think what was really interesting is a lot of these guys — can I use this in The New York Times? — have tiny-dick energy. I don’t know what else to say.
> Yeah, Zuckerberg is such a beta. [Laughs.] He’s such a beta. I love saying that.
> You indulge children for long enough and give them sugar all day long — they’re going to become terrible people.
> They’re trying to cosplay a version of a man. It seems pathetic to me. But I think it gives them great comfort.
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