The Profile: Silicon Valley's most prominent contrarian & the world's most daring freediver

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My great-grandmother was the Stephen King of children's bedtime stories.

When I was little, she used to tell me stories before I went to sleep. But if you think they were the nice, fluffy Cinderella-type, you, my friend, are wildly mistaken. There were monsters, murderous horses, and all sorts of imaginary things that are definitely…