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It'll be a sad type of fun watching him become another disgusting and disconnected bazillionaire. Remember when Mark was a Honda Fit driving Palo Alto based fou
by scyzoryk_xyz 1y ago
It'll be a sad type of fun watching him become another disgusting and disconnected bazillionaire. Remember when Mark was a Honda Fit driving Palo Alto based founder focused on 'connecting people' and building a not yet profitable 'social network' to change the world?
This is a repeat of the fight for talent that always happens with these things. It's all mercenary - it's all just business. Otherwise they'd remain an NGO.
I can't help but think that it would have been a much better move for him to get fired from OpenAI. Allow that to do it's own thing and start other ventures with a clean reputation, and millions instead of billions in the bank.
- JKCalhoun 1y ago> Remember when Mark was a Honda Fit driving Palo Alto based founder focused on 'connecting people'…? That Mark must have come after the Mark that created a site in college where the visitor compared two women and ranked which of the two were "hotter".
- corndoge 1y agoPeople change, even from horny college nerd into altruistic missionary into oligarch. And even beyond.
- throw4847285 1y agoOr it turns out that people don't change, as explored in the entirely fictitious but very enjoyable film The Social Network. All those steps, even the horny college nerd, were facades, and the real core of his character is naked ambition. He will warp himself into any shape in order to pursue wealth and power. To paraphrase Robert Caro, power does not corrupt, it reveals.
- whoisyc 1y ago“College” is underselling it. He went to Harvard. He sold a friendly down to the earth image early one and people bought it. But don’t forget he went to Harvard.
- scyzoryk_xyz 1y agoThat's fair. Legend is Sam was the guy applying to YC at 17 with "I am Sam Altman and I am coming" So yeah. Naked ambition. They're both just creaming their pants for power.