I have had the chance to go through two IPOs (Meta and Dropbox). Fabulous wealth tends to amplify deeper desires, not create new ones. The mainstream narrative is: "Early Employees make lots of money and buy mansions and go to the beach". For some: Yes, they want to chill. That is great. I am happy for them. But for a lot of folks, it is a chance to do even crazier and wackier stuff. Start new things. Fund new things. Keep the crazy loop of Silicon Valley going. It's going to be awesome to have a lot of folks with liquidity in the coming months. Onwards!.
我有机会经历过两次 IPO（Meta 和 Dropbox）。巨额财富往往会放大一个人更深层的欲望，而不是创造出新的欲望。主流叙事通常是：“早期员工赚了很多钱，然后买豪宅、去海边度假。” 对有些人来说：是的，他们就是想放松一下。这很好。我也为他们高兴。但对很多人来说，这反而是一个去做更疯狂、更离奇事情的机会。创办新东西。资助新东西。让 Silicon Valley 的这套疯狂循环继续转下去。在接下来的几个月里，会有很多人拥有 liquidity（流动性），这将会非常棒。继续前进！