“You can’t leisure yourself to meaning.”
— LucasArts & Epic Games President Paul Meegan, reflecting on six months of attempted retirement before reenlisting the core Fortnite team to pursue a new learning-tech startup with the mission to help every person maximize their potential and live a life of meaning.
Fortnite is the compelling collaborative game that grew to 250 million users and $6.3B in revenue in its first year. “AWS told us Fortnite is their #2 customer, second only to the CIA.”
The new company is in stealth mode for now but has found a deep reservoir of motivation and meaning in their pursuit of a meaningful mission. Not just for two billion children but lifelong learning and reskilling for adults as well: “60 million American adults are functionally illiterate and innumerate.”
In contrast, companies like “OnlyFans, Affirm, Klarna and DraftKings democratize exploitation of the user.”
Interviewed by the intrepid Brendan McCord, founder of Cosmos Institute — the academy for philosopher-builders: cosmos-institute.org
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