I’m Jannik Schilling, a German-born investor, currently at Founders Fund, now living in Miami. In a previous life, I was a physicist, and before that, a programmer.
I left a theoretical physics degree at a young age; I found universities to be a place of too much distraction from important scientific work and knew that I had to pursue my curiosities elsewhere. Recognizing that we live in commercial republics in the West, I found that place in helping to build and invest in technologies that matter.
As a supplement to my day-work, I write a blog ranging from what I have been reading to thoughts on startups, physics, and philosophy, supported by Emergent Ventures. Recent intellectual interests include Roman history, the origins of modernity, and political philosophy.
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