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Alex Karp on how the smartest people actually operate: "One of the ways you make it to the top is you hide how smart you are." And the corollary is brutal: "Every single person who has shared how intelligent they are tells you how stupid they are." This is counterintuitive but it tracks. The loudest people in any room are usually performing. The ones who end up running things learned early that broadcasting intelligence is a status move — and status moves are for people who need validation, not leverage. Real intelligence compounds quietly. It observes, positions, and strikes when others are still talking about how they're going to strike. Karp built Palantir into a company that now works with the most powerful institutions on Earth. He didn't get there by being the most quotable person in the room.