carnage4life,
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What I love about Silicon Valley venture capitalists is that that they love being loud and wrong. If I had spent the last few years shilling crypto as the next big thing in tech only for a bunch of my portfolio companies to turn out to be Ponzi schemes & grifts, I’d never write publicly again.

I definitely wouldn’t write Bond villain style speeches about how AI ethics and trust & safety teams at tech companies are the enemy preventing you from colonizing the stars. 😬
https://fortune.com/2023/10/16/marc-andreessen-techno-optimist-manifesto-ai-50-billion-people-billionaire-vc/

drahardja,
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@carnage4life If Marc Andreessen didn’t have a cruise ship filled with money, no one would listen to his rants.

He’s just spouting the same old “leave us be and watch the world progress” nonsense that robber barons have been dishing out for more than a century, but this time with a nice mix of bullshit.

ncweaver,
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@carnage4life @paul_ipv6
Minor note, his "next big thing" companies in crypto/web3 were designed to be stock fraud right from the start and he knew it, but if the SEC ever bothered to enforce the laws it would go after the companies not A16Z, which already took their money by dumping the tokens on retail suckers but didn't commit the actual crimes involved.

A16Z runs the gig economy of securities fraud.

srcrist,

@carnage4life It's beyond parody.

christianschwaegerl,
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@carnage4life @chpietsch Lack of reflection, accountability and shame seem to be prerequisites for fame and success in these circles.

RememberUsAlways,
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mivox,
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@carnage4life @mekkaokereke The seemingly infinite depth of billionaires’ lack of self awareness never ceases to amaze me. They REALLY seem to believe they’re such Very Special Geniuses that they never stop to consider otherwise.

danjac,
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@carnage4life why do crypto grifters have this weird messianic complex?

jonhendry,
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@carnage4life

He still made a pile of money off those crypto grifts, so he probably thinks he was right.

larsmb,
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@jonhendry @carnage4life That sums up most very rich people indeed and a widely held belief in society, yes.

absamma,
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@carnage4life it makes for fascinating entertainment. They've got money to burn so let's enjoy the show🍿

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