Sure, but the situational opportunity involved here is mostly being an American alive in the 21st century. If you are the type of person who is capable of starting the next FTX and making $10bn, and you are an American, you can get access to whatever help you need easily enough.
I strongly disagree that the situational opportunity is anywhere near as broad as “mostly being an American alive in the 21st century”. I’m not sure what you have in mind regarding “the type of person who is capable of starting the next FTX”, but I think that is a fairly narrow class, not a very wide one.
It’s a narrow class because the talent is rare, not because situational opportunities are. If you have the talent you can just go get the opportunities.
What advantages do you propose that having Stanford prof parents provides, beyond those already implied by going to MIT?
Sure, but the situational opportunity involved here is mostly being an American alive in the 21st century. If you are the type of person who is capable of starting the next FTX and making $10bn, and you are an American, you can get access to whatever help you need easily enough.
I strongly disagree that the situational opportunity is anywhere near as broad as “mostly being an American alive in the 21st century”. I’m not sure what you have in mind regarding “the type of person who is capable of starting the next FTX”, but I think that is a fairly narrow class, not a very wide one.
It’s a narrow class because the talent is rare, not because situational opportunities are. If you have the talent you can just go get the opportunities.
What advantages do you propose that having Stanford prof parents provides, beyond those already implied by going to MIT?
Sorry, I don’t have the capacity to engage further here.