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The line about Asperger’s is hysterical. I can’t wait for this insanity to die down and go back to normal. During these frenzied moments we almost need a forked HN homepage where the trend of the month is cordoned off to prevent contagion.
Scurvy!
I read this article perhaps two or three years ago and it's one of the reasons I always had a slightly negative view of Sam Altman because he comes off as just slightly insufferable (that whole Bronze Age sword sequence, for example). I don't necessarily think that was absolutely without merit: one tires of CEOs and SV types who think too much of themselves and don't attribute enough of their success to simply being…
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The line about Asperger’s is hysterical. I can’t wait for this insanity to die down and go back to normal. During these frenzied moments we almost need a forked HN homepage where the trend of the month is cordoned off to prevent contagion.
I had a colleague that people assumed was on the autism spectrum, this somehow came up years later over drinks to which he responded "maybe I should ask my doctor, I always assumed I was just an asshole"
I read this article perhaps two or three years ago and it's one of the reasons I always had a slightly negative view of Sam Altman because he comes off as just slightly insufferable (that whole Bronze Age sword sequence, for example). I don't necessarily think that was absolutely without merit: one tires of CEOs and SV types who think too much of themselves and don't attribute enough of their success to simply being…
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Mark Benioff
Reed Hastings
Warren Buffet
Jensen Huang
Jamie Dimon
Benard Arnualt
Mary Bara
Safra Catz
David I. McKay
How many do you want?
The world is full of talented CEO's. I can't claim to know all the CEO's around the world but the above have all been exceedingly good over their terms.
Whose on your list?
He must have felt pretty vindicated about his prepper's stance when COVID happened five years after this statement.
The symptoms described in the article are not actually those of Asperger's; they are more closely related to sociopathy.
The line about Asperger’s is hysterical. I can’t wait for this insanity to die down and go back to normal. During these frenzied moments we almost need a forked HN homepage where the trend of the month is cordoned off to prevent contagion.