I run into them because of their attempts to improve the community. And there are those who do it super quietly, give big, and do everything they can to avoid getting credit for it; there's another Silicon Valley Reed that does this in my community. Steve Jobs apparently did this too, big donations but anonymously.
Do not take the blabbering idiots on the All-In podcast as representative of all of Silicon Valley, the old Valley was far different than those people and there are still plenty of people that pursue wealth not for the purposes of their own self-aggrandizement and power.
I don't think theyre special. Years of being surrounded by yes men and sycophants will probably do that to most people.
One of them in particular was much less toxic and relatable pre-billions.
Where did you get that from the comment you replied to? They merely pointed out you couldn't paint everyone with the same brush, which is pretty much the definition of 'not special'.
Many of them donate money but it doesnt make them any less of an asshole.
> most people into assholes
might just be a you problem. Get out and meet more people, and if you're still surrounded by assholes, then the real asshole is probably you.
People are people everywhere. Money really doesn't change that as much as you're implying.
most people probably do have the capacity to be raging assholes but society doesn't indulge their every whim and prejudice or stroke their ego constantly. so they aren't.
I certainly didn't put forward an idea that having money makes people less of an asshole. Somebody who gives it away in a non-assholish way certainly makes them less of an asshole.
Or is your contention that anybody with money is an asshole, without exception?