Sam Bankman-Fried
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It's a good question. I'm not sure. I mean, the โ the hardest thing is just not having something meaningful to be doing in here. Um, and you know, and you can look at their studies. I have no idea how good they are, but they show, you know, you age at roughly three times the normal rate in prison.
It's a good question. I'm not sure. I mean, the โ the hardest thing is just not having something meaningful to be doing in here. Um, and you know, and you can look at their studies. I have no idea how good they are, but they show, you know, you age at roughly three times the normal rate in prison.
So, you know, you had three times 25 to my 32 years, um, when I was convicted and, uh, you know, that gets you an answer of maybe, um,
So, you know, you had three times 25 to my 32 years, um, when I was convicted and, uh, you know, that gets you an answer of maybe, um,
So, you know, you had three times 25 to my 32 years, um, when I was convicted and, uh, you know, that gets you an answer of maybe, um,
You know, it's whatever people have and muffins, like these old โ So like little plastic wrapped, you go to like a gas station and like on the counter, there might be like a plastic bowl with little individually wrapped plastic muffins that have been sitting there for a week at room temperature. You know, imagine one of those. That's like standard.
You know, it's whatever people have and muffins, like these old โ So like little plastic wrapped, you go to like a gas station and like on the counter, there might be like a plastic bowl with little individually wrapped plastic muffins that have been sitting there for a week at room temperature. You know, imagine one of those. That's like standard.
You know, it's whatever people have and muffins, like these old โ So like little plastic wrapped, you go to like a gas station and like on the counter, there might be like a plastic bowl with little individually wrapped plastic muffins that have been sitting there for a week at room temperature. You know, imagine one of those. That's like standard.
Is that a packet of ramen soup or a kind of disgusting looking little foil package of fish in oil at room temperature?
Is that a packet of ramen soup or a kind of disgusting looking little foil package of fish in oil at room temperature?
Is that a packet of ramen soup or a kind of disgusting looking little foil package of fish in oil at room temperature?
Right. I don't think it's going to be a strategic must-fen reserve. So, you know, they're a currency of need. They wouldn't be anything else. They don't have that much to recommend themselves. But at the end of the day, they're kind of fungible. They're not exactly fungible, but they're close enough. You know, two muffins are kind of similar, so you can kind of trade them for each other.
Right. I don't think it's going to be a strategic must-fen reserve. So, you know, they're a currency of need. They wouldn't be anything else. They don't have that much to recommend themselves. But at the end of the day, they're kind of fungible. They're not exactly fungible, but they're close enough. You know, two muffins are kind of similar, so you can kind of trade them for each other.
Right. I don't think it's going to be a strategic must-fen reserve. So, you know, they're a currency of need. They wouldn't be anything else. They don't have that much to recommend themselves. But at the end of the day, they're kind of fungible. They're not exactly fungible, but they're close enough. You know, two muffins are kind of similar, so you can kind of trade them for each other.
They kind of work, as long as you're never dealing with more than, like, $5, right? Because if you wanted to do a $200 transaction in muffins, I mean, it doesn't work physically, right? It's unwieldy, yeah. It's unwieldy. And so one of the things that you realize really quickly is, I mean, the scale of everything is so diminished in prison.
They kind of work, as long as you're never dealing with more than, like, $5, right? Because if you wanted to do a $200 transaction in muffins, I mean, it doesn't work physically, right? It's unwieldy, yeah. It's unwieldy. And so one of the things that you realize really quickly is, I mean, the scale of everything is so diminished in prison.
They kind of work, as long as you're never dealing with more than, like, $5, right? Because if you wanted to do a $200 transaction in muffins, I mean, it doesn't work physically, right? It's unwieldy, yeah. It's unwieldy. And so one of the things that you realize really quickly is, I mean, the scale of everything is so diminished in prison.
You see people getting into a fistfight over a single banana. Not because they even care about it that much, but because... what else is there to channel your caring into?
You see people getting into a fistfight over a single banana. Not because they even care about it that much, but because... what else is there to channel your caring into?
You see people getting into a fistfight over a single banana. Not because they even care about it that much, but because... what else is there to channel your caring into?