
"There are just times when something is important enough that you believe in it that you do it in spite of fear. People shouldn’t think, ‘I feel fear about this and therefore I shouldn’t do it.’ It’s normal to feel fear. You’d have to have something mentally wrong with you if you don’t feel fear. Actually, something that can be helpful is fatalism, to some degree. If you just accept the probabilities, then that diminishes fear." Interview with Sam Altman, Y Combinator, September, 2016