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Re:Lessons from 139 YC AI Startups (YC S23) by motohagiography on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @12:18PM (#37498707)
If you take the intersection of people who are basically fit and lack latent or unmanaged anxiety disorders, then add people who are self motivated and driven, you're going to get a fairly attractive cohort.

Attractiveness is basically fitness and low neuroticism. If you have those and enough emotional intelligence to not be a criminal, you're going to generally fail upwards. Add any one of an elite education, a stdev above average intelligence, good mentoring, self awareness, or a competition level skill, and you can get a seat a most tables.

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Re:Lessons from 139 YC AI Startups (YC S23) by atleastoptimal on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @03:39PM (#37500789)
How does low neuroticism contribute to physical attractiveness?
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Re:Lessons from 139 YC AI Startups (YC S23) by motohagiography on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @03:54PM (#37500941)
Presence.
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Re:Lessons from 139 YC AI Startups (YC S23) by atleastoptimal on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @04:55PM (#37501607)
What does that even mean? Do you mean to use presence as a term combining posture, grooming, style, facial resting position, body language, etc? I understand that but my original point was about the structure of the founders' faces, not whether they have an undefinable charisma.
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