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I think the intended point is not that there are grifters, but that growing up in an environment where there philosophy of "not being personally responsible" th
by foolswisdom 4y ago
I think the intended point is not that there are grifters, but that growing up in an environment where there philosophy of "not being personally responsible" that SBF's mother wrote about, created conditions necessary for delusion and (leading to) crime in such scale.
- lordfrito 4y agoDang you said this better than I did. Well done.
- notahacker 4y agoSeems like a heroic stretch of the imagination to imagine that his mum's essay on blame had more influence on SBF running crypto get rich quick schemes than the get-rich-quick culture of crypto itself, which tends to be right libertarian, often very outspokenly so. Or indeed his fondness for gambling. Ironically, people trying to argue Sam is a product of the "leftism" of his environment are expressing his mum's position on determinism, whilst the utilitarian moral and mathematical arguments Sam quoted to rationalise his enthusiasm for grand gambles is rooted in the exact opposite position...