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He's the new Elon Musk that people can idolize. I really don't understand the obsession with corporate venture capitalist vultures and trust fund babies. He's a
by sweeter 3y ago
He's the new Elon Musk that people can idolize. I really don't understand the obsession with corporate venture capitalist vultures and trust fund babies. He's a glorified hype man. He curates a positive public image and makes dubious claims about the abilities of <insert new tech here> to drum up funding.
There is a large subset of tech oriented people who are extremely susceptible to sensationalism and treat these people like cult leaders to aspire to. Its just odd.
- morpheos137 3y agoIt's the way people are wired. They need a hero to look to. Now usually the outcome is better in the end when the hero is genuine not a mimic. I think "show, don't tell," is a good rule of thumb for judging character. It's even in the Bible as a parable of Jesus something like judge a vine by its fruit. In the early 21st century it seems judgements of business acumen have become untethered from actually making money by building a real product that is in demand by the market. At a certain point the game of shuffling money around as a shell game will become unsustainable. That's already evidenced in the high inflation rate we have.