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"Successful people create companies. More successful people create countries. The most successful people create religions."(blog.samaltman.com)

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From Sam Altman’s blog, pre-OpenAI

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Evinceo@awful.systems
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Isn’t that a mangled L Ron Hubbard quote?

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corbin@awful.systems
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Yes, although the veracity of the quote is uncertain; see here for discussion. This is the commonly-cited form that you’ll find all over the Internet:

Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man wants to make a million dollars, then the best way would be to start his own religion.~ Lafayette Ron Hubbard

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AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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IIRC, it wasn’t Hubbard who said this, but Ayn Rand, who, at a cocktail party, bet him that he couldn’t start a religion and make money from it.

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