There is a certain type of ex-software founder who likes the pose of philosopher king. They like to describe themselves as 'first principles thinker' but have never engaged in serious thinking since nobody challenges them on anything.

They often end up funding non-profits on AI policy, criminal justice or education reform with absolutely disastrous consequences for everyone who is not able to economically insulate themselves from the fallout. Typically, the things they end up funding espouse principles that fly in the face of everything that made them or their parents rich in the first place.

Everything I have seen and heard in interviews from this guy gives me this impression.

wow, Americans still have a knee jerk reaction to hinting at communism by describing land use policies in almost all non European and non central Asia cultures? or just by hinting at inheritance tax.

it's extra funny because the guy who probably inherited nothing is arguing against the tax with the guy who is likely a trust fund baby. this is comedy gold.

Who wrote the title? Joseph McCarthy?

this one is interesting, even at the first 6 hours of him being ceo some guy from khosla ventures was already retweeting his sketchy takes (some people did background checks of course, dug around the questionable ones).

makes you wonder who even thought of hiring him as the interim ceo in the first place, what was that person smoking?