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For all of the worship these guys get for being mega geniuses, they sure say a lot of ignorant shit.

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ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
One of the issues with folks like that, is that they often consider themselves to be "Übermensch," and thus, cannot be held to the same standards as others (I won't use the other "-mensch" term, because that would Godwin the discussion). Not just really smart people. Very rich people (usually second-or-beyond-generation rich. First-generation rich folks aren't usually that way -unless they are polymaths). They feel that they can say whatever the hell they want, and no one can hold them to account (and they are frequently correct).
himeexcelanta 1y ago
How much of this zeitgeist is fueled by Elon’s ketamine dependency issues? Certainly non zero!
anonymars 1y ago
If we're talking about Sequoia, I think you'd be hard-pressed to find something more entertaining than this fawning puff piece on Sam Bankman-Fried https://web.archive.org/web/20221027181005/https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/sam-bankman-fried-spotlight/ https://web.archive.org/web/20221027181005/https://www.sequo... Highlights: https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/101sjn2/imagine_being_the_journalist_who_wrote_these/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/101sjn2/imagine_b...
- doctorpangloss 1y ago
  The real problem is that Sequioa is so well regarded, and they control so much money, it is really hard to criticize them. You could say, you have options as an public LP, but you also don’t.
ncr100 1y ago
Apparently https://shaunmaguire.fyi https://shaunmaguire.fyi - he's monstrous, to be curt, being a wealthy and powerful bigot: - said some bigoted things on X about Islam (the entire religion) and - some racist and culturally stereotyping / xenophobic / Islamophobic stuff by "[Mamdani is brown therefore he is XYZ culture which itself is a bad culture]" (my summary also from the X tweet) logic.
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One of the issues with folks like that, is that they often consider themselves to be "Übermensch," and thus, cannot be held to the same standards as others (I won't use the other "-mensch" term, because that would Godwin the discussion). Not just really smart people. Very rich people (usually second-or-beyond-generation rich. First-generation rich folks aren't usually that way -unless they are polymaths). They feel that they can say whatever the hell they want, and no one can hold them to account (and they are frequently correct).

himeexcelanta 1y ago

How much of this zeitgeist is fueled by Elon’s ketamine dependency issues? Certainly non zero!

anonymars 1y ago

If we're talking about Sequoia, I think you'd be hard-pressed to find something more entertaining than this fawning puff piece on Sam Bankman-Fried https://web.archive.org/web/20221027181005/https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/sam-bankman-fried-spotlight/ https://web.archive.org/web/20221027181005/https://www.sequo... Highlights: https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/101sjn2/imagine_being_the_journalist_who_wrote_these/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/101sjn2/imagine_b...

doctorpangloss 1y ago
The real problem is that Sequioa is so well regarded, and they control so much money, it is really hard to criticize them. You could say, you have options as an public LP, but you also don’t.

ncr100 1y ago

Apparently https://shaunmaguire.fyi https://shaunmaguire.fyi - he's monstrous, to be curt, being a wealthy and powerful bigot: - said some bigoted things on X about Islam (the entire religion) and - some racist and culturally stereotyping / xenophobic / Islamophobic stuff by "[Mamdani is brown therefore he is XYZ culture which itself is a bad culture]" (my summary also from the X tweet) logic.

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