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The coup against Altman looks prescient. They knew who he was.
by tootie 8mo ago
The coup against Altman looks prescient. They knew who he was.
- AndrewKemendo 8mo agoClearly it didn’t matter Capital always wins because there’s an infinite line of psychopaths at the ready to screw everybody over for slightly less money than the previous person did
- tootie 8mo agoNot psychopaths. I recall it being rank and file who were concerned about their options or whatever. Greed is fundamental human behavior.
- satvikpendem 8mo agoHis own employees helped reinstate him, not the capital class which was actually the board that fired him.
- AndrewKemendo 8mo agoThe board that fired him wasn’t really “the capital class” in the traditional sense. It was a nonprofit board with an unusual governance structure specifically designed to limit investor controlling. Ilya and Helen were acting on safety/governance concerns, arguably against the interests of capital (Microsoft, VCs). Like literally he’s doing right now the thing that would not have been done had Ilya and the other board members retained their positions