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I think if someone actually had government handlers asking them to do this, most of those people wouldn't blab about it to their school chums. But there's a sub
by reaperman 3y ago
I think if someone actually had government handlers asking them to do this, most of those people wouldn't blab about it to their school chums. But there's a subset of people with grandiose delusions / general behavior problems who feel a compulsion to tell everyone about their grand plans/machinations to become rich and powerful.
- ecoquant 3y agoI think you are underestimating how tough it would be to be playing James Bond and not tell anyone. You wouldn't have to be a delusional braggart to want to tell a friend this. Most spies are not going to be as much of a compartmentalized lunatic like Robert Hanssen or someone at that level.
- djtango 3y agoReminds me of that scene from Silicon Valley where Jian Yang has a bunch of new startup ideas on his whiteboard
- popcalc 3y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km5XQxRrQvw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km5XQxRrQvw
- alephnerd 3y ago> someone actually had government handlers It most likely wasn't a Handler/MSS type espionage. It was most likely trying to grab IP to found a domestic competitor, and raise a Seed round from local government accelerators like those Beijing and Hangzhou have.