> He was obviously evading questions, trying to pour forth verbiage to distract Sassoon from what she’d asked
This line captures the recent wave of Silicon Valley bullshitters so perfectly.
This line captures the recent wave of Silicon Valley bullshitters so perfectly.
FTX founder gets by on 4 hours' sleep and multitasks on 6 screens https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29580668
In 2021, FTX had a funding round of $420.69M https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33530674
Sam Bankman-Fried and Matt Levine on How the Crypto Market Works https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28075024
No. Rambling idiots were historically judged.
The quick-talking stream-of-consciousness bullshitter relies on rapid technological change to suspend listeners' disbelief. Because ex ante, you can't know if you've got someone brilliant but nervous (or simply neurodivergent), or one of these.
SBF is the same classic huckster, but wrapped up in a hoodie.
Who were widespread in the industrial era. Less so before. (In part because peasants didn't have the disposable income to scam.)
Two years later.
"How it's going?" "Making progress, not quite there yet. I'm going to need more funding."
And so on.