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The article does appear to have a bizarrely light-hearted tone given the magnitude of what transpired: >"But in a wide-ranging interview on Sunday that stretch
by bogomipz 4y ago
The article does appear to have a bizarrely light-hearted tone given the magnitude of what transpired:
>"But in a wide-ranging interview on Sunday that stretched past midnight, he sounded surprisingly calm. “You would’ve thought that I’d be getting no sleep right now, and instead I’m getting some,” he said. “It could be worse."
For a self-professed "wide-ranging interview" it actually provides scant if any meaningful details to support the headline of "How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Collapsed."
Of the few details the editor and author chose to include:
>“You would’ve thought that I’d be getting no sleep right now, and instead I’m getting some,” he said. “It could be worse.”
>“Had I been a bit more concentrated on what I was doing, I would have been able to be more thorough,” he said. “That would have allowed me to catch what was going on on the risk side.”
Had I been a bit more concentrated on what I was doing? This reads like "aw shucks, the phone rang and I got distracted." This can not be taken seriously. Is this meant to answer the "How" in the article's title?
>"Mr. Bankman-Fried’s circle of colleagues was bound by a commitment to effective altruism, a charitable movement that urges adherents to give away their wealth in efficient and logical ways."
So he was a charitable man? Just with other people's money?
And then of course this important bit:
>"He has also found other ways to occupy his time in recent days, playing the video game Storybook Brawl, though less than he usually does, he said. “It helps me unwind a bit,” he said. “It clears my mind.”
Yes the NYTimes included the line about DOJ and SEC, but it fails to mention why these two department are "examining" this man's now "crumbled empire."
- freejazz 4y agoThis is literally just describing him, and none of it is generous. I'm not sure why you don't see that but okay. He sounds like a complete idiot according to every single thing you quoted. Is the Times supposed to say "SBF, a complete idiot, thought he would have trouble sleeping, but doesn't"
- bogomipz 4y ago>"This is literally just describing him, and none of it is generous." Yes this is literally "just describing him" which is what makes the article so glaringly bad. Exactly none of these trite details have anything to do with the article's title of "How Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Collapsed." I would argue that the amount of attention spent on such trivial details about "him" instead of actually talking about the "How" of his spectacular failure is quite generous indeed. It's also worth nothing that this piece is in the Technology section of the NYTimes by a journalist who according to his byline "writes about the crypto markets and financial technology." Yet so much of this article would not be out of place in a profile in the Style section.
- freejazz 4y agoThe article quite literally allows Sam to hang himself, I think you are completely misreading it and are counting on NYT to editorialize (which I assume you will of course complain about if they did it to someone else).
- bogomipz 4y agoIt seems as though you might not understand what "literally" means. "To hang oneself" is a figurative expression. It is actually the polar opposite of "literally." Your comment about me "counting on the NYTimes to editorialize" is equally bizarre and makes me think you might not understand what that means either. At any rate your ad-hominem attack is uncalled for. I expect better journalism from the NYTimes as it is newspaper of record in the US. I also clearly articulated my reasons for believing why this article did not constitute good journalism in my previous comments.
- freejazz 4y agoLiterally is used quite frequently in informal communication for emphasis or to express a strong feeling while not being literally true. We both know you know this. And I didn't ad hom you. Get a grip.
- selimthegrim 4y agoThey are acting like Maggie Haberman with Trump, letting SBF hang himself.