Shawn Price
About me:
  • Grew up in the Comox Valley, BC πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦
  • Live in Vancouver with my wife and son
  • Have built open source software and startups for nearly two decades
  • Building a technology startup I co-founded to help teams experience better meetings
  • Experimenting with fun things AI can do
  • Periodically I write on my blog
Quotes that shape my thinking
  • β€œIncentives matter”
    β€” Tyler Cowen (and all other economists)
  • β€œNo pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.”
    β€” Helen Keller
  • β€œMost people overestimate risk and underestimate reward.”
    β€” Sam Altman
  • β€œTime is your friend; impulse is your enemy.”
    β€” Warren Buffett
  • β€œSlow is smooth, smooth is fast.”
    β€” U.S. Navy SEALs
  • β€œAnything not forbidden by the laws of nature is achievable, given the right knowledge.”
    β€” David Deutsch
  • β€œThe mimetic nature of desire accounts for the fragility of human relations.”
    β€” RenΓ© Girard
  • β€œThe best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
    β€” Alan Kay
  • β€œThere is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for maybe choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thing to worship-be it JC or Allah, be it YHWH or the Wiccan Mother Goddess, or the Four Noble Truths, or some inviolable set of ethical principles-is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive.”
    β€” David Foster Wallace
  • β€œYou can go to shawarma plus by yourself and it can be so sad, but if you go with the right people, it can be life changing.”
    β€” @internetvin