I read zero to one when I was 18 during the pandemic. Absolutely loved it and remember thinking about the capabilities of Palantir and was very impressed. When it IPOd, I bought a ton of it and completely forgot. Now, years later, that same stock is worth upwards of 100,000 dollars.
Was it risky? Probably. But outsized inputs yield outsized returns. It was very clear back then that Palantir's capabilities were very impressive and we are seeing the results 5 years later.