People

Builders who changed how enormous numbers of people interact with technology.

For understanding scale, capital allocation, long-term ambition, and the relationship between technical execution and commercial success — without treating success as proof that every decision or claim is correct.

For making leadership, purpose, trust, and human connection easier to think and talk about.

For the detail, conviction, and culture-building involved in leading a team.

For first-principles reasoning, relentless curiosity, and the ability to explain complex physical ideas clearly.

For connecting AI research, neuroscience, and scientific discovery, and treating intelligence itself as the problem worth solving.

For the foundational work on neural networks and the willingness to think honestly about the implications of what he built.

A fascinating combination of friendship, internet culture, consistency, and a business that became much larger than the videos.

Simon Minter, Niko Omilana, Harry Lewis, Ethan Payne, George Clarkey, and others whose humour, conversations, longevity, and internet-native storytelling are part of what I enjoy about YouTube.

Artists and bands whose music I have kept returning to.