Quotes from Michael Lewis IRL last night re SBF:

“He didn’t respect other people enough to accept their help. He thought everyone over the age of 30 was an idiot.”

“SBF went from nothing to $22B in 18 months. You used to have to do things to make money.”

“He wasn’t born with the tools to empathize.”

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in retrospect, i’m surprised that the media and crypto twitter called him an SBF apologist. after reading his book, there are pretty damning passages about SBF.

the book is set up like Gone Girl; the first half builds up a facade and the second half tears it down. the build up is required for the epic tear down.

i actually think this reads: “SBF is a certified sociopath, but I’m going to be very kind and delicate about how I describe it instead of labeling him.”

To me this whole thing is also a case study on the danger of the over-intellectualized "moral systems" which get pushed by many Academics onto smart kids.

"The philosophy of personal responsibility has ruined criminal justice and economic policy." -- Barbara Fried, Stanford Professor