Palmer Luckey: “I read thousands of books before I was 13” Asked about his experience of being homeschooled as a child, Oculus and Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey replies: “I was really lucky . . . there were [a lot] of things where I was interested for my own reasons and very good at self-directed learning. I read thousands of books before I was 13. Literally thousands of books.” What kinds of books? “Everything,” Palmer replies. “The classics, science fiction, The Art of the Deal — the entire gamut of everything that you would want. I was checking out lots of books from the library. Also lots of people gave me books. Everyone knew that Palmer liked to read so people would sometimes buy me new books but more often adult friends would just dump massive quantities of books.” Palmer’s mom was also on Barnes & Noble’s registry for teachers: “She had the educator’s discount for buying stuff from Barnes & Noble. I forget what the discount was but it was some extraordinary discount. Barnes & Noble did a lot for teachers — especially back then. And so I just read, and read, and read, and read . . . I loved science. I loved engineering. I loved chemistry. Math — like real math — I was never really a fan.” source: @ShawnRyan762