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Comment by toofy | Hacker News Reader

hilarious seeing that he views it this way when his company is so very well known for taking (strong arguments say stealing) everything from everyone.

i’m noticing more and more lately that our new monarchs really do have broken thought patterns. they see their own abuse towards others as perfectly ok but hilariously demand people treat them fairly.

small children learn things that these guys struggle to understand.

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I think they understand that it's all performative

Sam comes across as an extremely calculating person to me. I'm not suggesting he's necessarily doing this for bad reasons, but it's very clear to me the public facing communications he makes are well considered and likely not fully reflective of his actual views and positions on things, but instead what he believes to be power maximising.

He's very good at creating headlines and getting people talking online. There's no doubt he's good at what he does, but I don't know why anyone takes anything he says seriously.

This interview with Karen Hao is really good (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8enXRDlWguU), she interviews people that have had 1 on 1 meetings with Sam, and they always say he aligned with them on everything to the point where they don't actually know what he believes. He will tailor his opinions to try and weave in trust.

SBF demonstrated how utilitarian thought + massive money can easily spiral into self-centered anti-social behavior.

Being a billionaire seems to be inherently bad for human brains.

Even more blatantly and directly, "Don't you dare use our model, trained on other people's work, to train yours".

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