I don’t understand this conversation. The common take is that SBF has been caught admitting he’s a Machiavellian nihilist but then … he did contact a journalist and choose to say this. He cannot have reasonably thought it wouldn’t be shared. What was he hoping to achieve? Seems like bizarre self-sabotage. I wondered if it was some contorted attempt to make himself the fall guy rather than have EA thinking take the blame.
I think a simpler explanation for his bizarre actions is that he is probably the most stressed-out person on the face of the earth right now. Or he’s not seeing the situation clearly, or some combination of the two. Also probably sleep-deprived, struggling to get good advice from people around him, etc.
(This is not meant to excuse any of his actions or words, I think he’s 100% responsible for everything he says and does.)
I don’t understand this conversation. The common take is that SBF has been caught admitting he’s a Machiavellian nihilist but then … he did contact a journalist and choose to say this. He cannot have reasonably thought it wouldn’t be shared. What was he hoping to achieve? Seems like bizarre self-sabotage. I wondered if it was some contorted attempt to make himself the fall guy rather than have EA thinking take the blame.
I think a simpler explanation for his bizarre actions is that he is probably the most stressed-out person on the face of the earth right now. Or he’s not seeing the situation clearly, or some combination of the two. Also probably sleep-deprived, struggling to get good advice from people around him, etc.
(This is not meant to excuse any of his actions or words, I think he’s 100% responsible for everything he says and does.)
definitely not struggling to get good advice: