Seems 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

Seems 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...