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> People like Levandowski, Travis Kalanick, Parker Conrad, Elizabeth Holmes and Andy Rubin This is a really weird grouping. It's mixing people who have built i
by sweeneyrod 7y ago
> People like Levandowski, Travis Kalanick, Parker Conrad, Elizabeth Holmes and Andy Rubin
This is a really weird grouping. It's mixing people who have built incredibly valuable things (Rubin) with those who are famous for failing to do so (Holmes); and people who broke the law by committing fraud (which seems like an unusual use of the word "jerk") with those who have been accused of sexual misconduct.
- mcguire 7y agoLevandowski did a lot of ethically sketchy things up to the point where he allegedly broke the law. Travis Kalanick did a lot of ethically sketchy things up to the point where he was removed from his own company. Holmes did a lot of ethically sketchy things up to the point where the wheels came off. Conrad did sketchy things up to the point where someone realized he wasn't actually doing what he was supposed to. Rubin did sketchy things up to the point that Google paid him to close the door behind him. The key commonality is that they did sketchy things, people knew they were doing sketchy things, and the entrepreneureal and tech community lionized them up to the point where doing so became embarrassing. (And seems to be continuing to do so, judging by this thread.)