You’ve said dyslexia helped you in a “non-playbook world.” How has that shaped your approach to problem-solving?
Replied byAlex Karp
Co-founder & CEO at Palantir
Niche: Technology, AI, Defense
Revenue: $1M+/month
Location: USA
Started: 2015 or
Dyslexia taught me I could not win by doing the standard thing slightly better. You either do something different or stay stuck. I am comfortable where there is no manual—war zones, messy politics, strange problems—and I look for the one path that changes the world even if most would fail there.
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