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It definitely makes me sad to see people like this rewarded so much. Not only did he become a billionaire, but he continues to get media attention which only ra

It definitely makes me sad to see people like this rewarded so much. Not only did he become a billionaire, but he continues to get media attention which only raises his profile further. I've worked with people like this in the past, who've done bad things and got rewarded for it. It does make me wonder if you can be a good person and also be successful, or if the rewards only go to those who are willing to achieve success at any means necessary.

dharmon 7y ago
It's even worse. He'll use his billion dollars to buy himself cachet in SF, NYC, and LA (and the universities, museums, etc., will all be too glad to take his money and give him board seats), so he'll never personally feel any repercussions for the damage he has done. Sure, us plebes will despise him, but he'll move around in circles with people like him, not us, those who have gotten rich by making the world a worse place, and then bought themselves an esteemed position in "society", where they congratulate each other on how brilliant they all are.
- hn_throwaway_99 7y ago
  What frustrates me to no end is that the one thing he is praised for is his "charisma" and ability to motivate people. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that I have some level of Asperger's-ness (e.g. I never really understood rooting for a particular sports team), but I've never found people like this motivational. I've met these types before, and they just sound like smarmy used car salesmen or televangelists to me, and I have a visceral negative reaction to it. Yet I often look around and see other smart people pumped up and excited to act. It's an aspect of human behavior I just don't understand very well.
- cinquemb 7y ago
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dharmon 7y ago

It's even worse. He'll use his billion dollars to buy himself cachet in SF, NYC, and LA (and the universities, museums, etc., will all be too glad to take his money and give him board seats), so he'll never personally feel any repercussions for the damage he has done. Sure, us plebes will despise him, but he'll move around in circles with people like him, not us, those who have gotten rich by making the world a worse place, and then bought themselves an esteemed position in "society", where they congratulate each other on how brilliant they all are.

hn_throwaway_99 7y ago
What frustrates me to no end is that the one thing he is praised for is his "charisma" and ability to motivate people. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that I have some level of Asperger's-ness (e.g. I never really understood rooting for a particular sports team), but I've never found people like this motivational. I've met these types before, and they just sound like smarmy used car salesmen or televangelists to me, and I have a visceral negative reaction to it. Yet I often look around and see other smart people pumped up and excited to act. It's an aspect of human behavior I just don't understand very well.
cinquemb 7y ago
Luckily there are secondary markets (https://softbankfiresale.com/ https://softbankfiresale.com/) popping up that will hopefully offer some kind of liquidity avg janes/joes who cant dump to softbank!