Martin Shkreli: From Most Hated Man to Optical Computing Visionary – Curiosity & Defiance

Today on the James Alteger show. What do you think about that guy? Well, he's the most hated man in America. You know, according to who? According to this guy that told me to think that.

But if you're brave and you're energetic, you can learn. And I think that as we get older, we tend to avoid that. And I think one of the things I've heard about entrepreneurs like Elon and others is is you sort of have to stay young and stay in a young mentality, my refusal to apologize, my refusal to bow to people, my willingness to disrespect, say, Congress or presidential candidates was unusual. But it's it's just this funny thing where like just being yourself can be so dangerous.

You ultimately do have to take risks in life. And I think that, you know, part of what the government when I say the government again, it's part of like specific people that want to do is enforce this idea that they're very powerful. and that they don't want you to take certain kinds of risks because they'll come and get you. But if you take the risks anyway, you're implicitly saying you're not as powerful as you think you are. And if you keep neutering that power, that's all they got.

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