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I'm going to bet that he has several months of hard reflection about life and maybe write a book about it. Maybe he'll try to pull a Steve Jobs and try a few ne

I'm going to bet that he has several months of hard reflection about life and maybe write a book about it. Maybe he'll try to pull a Steve Jobs and try a few new companies to redeem himself. But you know, the next few years of his life are going to be mildly unpleasant, and we shouldn't forget about the emotional impact about that. Maybe he'll have a very public come-to-Jesus moment that will be cathartic for everyone involved, or maybe he'll disappear from public life forever with his vast WeWork wealth and live on some estate in an exotic locale. But either way, this failure isn't going to be easy for him. He's going to feel several emotions and not all of them will be pleasant.

lordnacho 7y ago
I think this is overly optimistic, what you're saying. What's he gonna lose? Friends who invested with him? He can buy new ones. Feel bad? You can literally hire a whole team of therapists for life. He can sit in his mansions and not be in the public eye forever, it's not like being in the public eye is some sort of requirement for living. Heck, he might even find a new following among people who want to emulate how he grabbed all that money.
- asdfman123 7y ago
  I'm intentionally being tongue in cheek. Unless he's a total sociopath (which I don't think he is) he's probably going to suffer mild blowback, the kind of blowback and shitty feelings us mortals feel when we've been ousted from a job. But it's the kind of disappointment and anger that you get over in a few months. The only difference is he'll have a billion dollars and the ability to do whatever in life he wants. If you were in his shoes, would you go back and do things any differently?
  - JohnFen 7y ago
    > If you were in his shoes, would you go back and do things any differently? I wouldn't have been in his shoes, because I have a shred of decency.
  - lordnacho 7y ago
    > If you were in his shoes, would you go back and do things any differently? Maybe not hire a famous DJ for the announcement of layoffs.
    - asdfman123 7y ago
      Oh man, that's awful, have a link for that? If this were reddit I would link to /r/aboringdystopia.
      - lordnacho 7y ago
        https://www.businessinsider.com/wework-ceo-adam-neumann-layoffs-firing-tequila-shots-run-dmc-2019-9?r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/wework-ceo-adam-neumann-layo...
_jal 7y ago
Empathy is essential. And his con was a truly remarkable con during a run of remarkable cons, which attracts attention. But I have trouble sparing much sympathy for someone who has 10 digits to tide them over while they figure out what's next. If you're having trouble finding sympathetic targets in this fiasco, mayhap spare a thought to the several emotions employees whose options are underwater felt when they heard about their Superhero CEO's cash out.
logfromblammo 7y ago
Not everyone experiences conscience in the same way. He might not even have one to torment him in his moments of solitude. And when you say "mildly unpleasant", I can only assume you mean that for the rest of his life, his sole source of genuine unpleasantness will be from his own psyche. Because he'll be worth a billion dollars. And while money can't buy happiness, it can remove every last speck of annoyance, peeve, and inferior market option. This failure will be easier for him than for most other people who fail far less spectacularly. Even if a thousand people make it their life's mission to persecute him at every moment of the day, he still has approximately a billion dollars more than all of them put together. All he really has to worry about is avoiding Saudi-controlled buildings and territories for the rest of his life.
ergothus 7y ago
> But either way, this failure isn't going to be easy for him. He's going to feel several emotions and not all of them will be pleasant. Honest question: do you think it will be harder for him than for the rest of us that have to deal with failure and yet have to chase jobs and deal with the pressures that come from not being wealthy? Given the level of sociopathy likely required to get where he is at, I sincerely doubt it. I cant assume he feels as I would in thus situation because I literally couldn't GET into his situation.
JohnFen 7y ago
> I'm going to bet that he has several months of hard reflection about life I really, seriously doubt this. He's laughing all the way to the bank.

lordnacho 7y ago

I think this is overly optimistic, what you're saying. What's he gonna lose? Friends who invested with him? He can buy new ones. Feel bad? You can literally hire a whole team of therapists for life. He can sit in his mansions and not be in the public eye forever, it's not like being in the public eye is some sort of requirement for living. Heck, he might even find a new following among people who want to emulate how he grabbed all that money.

asdfman123 7y ago
I'm intentionally being tongue in cheek. Unless he's a total sociopath (which I don't think he is) he's probably going to suffer mild blowback, the kind of blowback and shitty feelings us mortals feel when we've been ousted from a job. But it's the kind of disappointment and anger that you get over in a few months. The only difference is he'll have a billion dollars and the ability to do whatever in life he wants. If you were in his shoes, would you go back and do things any differently?
- JohnFen 7y ago
  > If you were in his shoes, would you go back and do things any differently? I wouldn't have been in his shoes, because I have a shred of decency.
- lordnacho 7y ago
  > If you were in his shoes, would you go back and do things any differently? Maybe not hire a famous DJ for the announcement of layoffs.
  - asdfman123 7y ago
    Oh man, that's awful, have a link for that? If this were reddit I would link to /r/aboringdystopia.
    - lordnacho 7y ago
      https://www.businessinsider.com/wework-ceo-adam-neumann-layoffs-firing-tequila-shots-run-dmc-2019-9?r=US&IR=T https://www.businessinsider.com/wework-ceo-adam-neumann-layo...

_jal 7y ago

Empathy is essential. And his con was a truly remarkable con during a run of remarkable cons, which attracts attention. But I have trouble sparing much sympathy for someone who has 10 digits to tide them over while they figure out what's next. If you're having trouble finding sympathetic targets in this fiasco, mayhap spare a thought to the several emotions employees whose options are underwater felt when they heard about their Superhero CEO's cash out.

logfromblammo 7y ago

Not everyone experiences conscience in the same way. He might not even have one to torment him in his moments of solitude. And when you say "mildly unpleasant", I can only assume you mean that for the rest of his life, his sole source of genuine unpleasantness will be from his own psyche. Because he'll be worth a billion dollars. And while money can't buy happiness, it can remove every last speck of annoyance, peeve, and inferior market option. This failure will be easier for him than for most other people who fail far less spectacularly. Even if a thousand people make it their life's mission to persecute him at every moment of the day, he still has approximately a billion dollars more than all of them put together. All he really has to worry about is avoiding Saudi-controlled buildings and territories for the rest of his life.

ergothus 7y ago

> But either way, this failure isn't going to be easy for him. He's going to feel several emotions and not all of them will be pleasant. Honest question: do you think it will be harder for him than for the rest of us that have to deal with failure and yet have to chase jobs and deal with the pressures that come from not being wealthy? Given the level of sociopathy likely required to get where he is at, I sincerely doubt it. I cant assume he feels as I would in thus situation because I literally couldn't GET into his situation.

JohnFen 7y ago

> I'm going to bet that he has several months of hard reflection about life I really, seriously doubt this. He's laughing all the way to the bank.