Sam Bankman-Fried
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It hasn't made me rethink the precepts. Obviously I feel terrible about what happened. It's not at all what I intended and whatever one's intentions are. I, you know, if you screw up, then the results might be different. You know, People got their money back at the end, but it is too excruciating years waiting for it. They got it back dollarized rather than in kind.
It hasn't made me rethink the precepts. Obviously I feel terrible about what happened. It's not at all what I intended and whatever one's intentions are. I, you know, if you screw up, then the results might be different. You know, People got their money back at the end, but it is too excruciating years waiting for it. They got it back dollarized rather than in kind.
And certainly all of the good that I've been hoping to do for the world ended up dissipating, or at least most of it did, when the company collapsed.
And certainly all of the good that I've been hoping to do for the world ended up dissipating, or at least most of it did, when the company collapsed.
And certainly all of the good that I've been hoping to do for the world ended up dissipating, or at least most of it did, when the company collapsed.
I disagree, although there is a caveat to it, which is that You know, a classic mistake which people make, and I may have made at some points, is...
I disagree, although there is a caveat to it, which is that You know, a classic mistake which people make, and I may have made at some points, is...
I disagree, although there is a caveat to it, which is that You know, a classic mistake which people make, and I may have made at some points, is...
with people who you don't know who are dissent from you thinking you know what they need when you don't you know being paternalistic kind of condescending and you know there's so many foreign aid type projects that have gone awry ended up being complete wastes of money because no one knew the people they were giving to no one knew what their lives were like and right they're just guessing it with those people it's wrong and you know they show up with like a bunch of water pumps to a village that has plenty of water and no food
with people who you don't know who are dissent from you thinking you know what they need when you don't you know being paternalistic kind of condescending and you know there's so many foreign aid type projects that have gone awry ended up being complete wastes of money because no one knew the people they were giving to no one knew what their lives were like and right they're just guessing it with those people it's wrong and you know they show up with like a bunch of water pumps to a village that has plenty of water and no food
with people who you don't know who are dissent from you thinking you know what they need when you don't you know being paternalistic kind of condescending and you know there's so many foreign aid type projects that have gone awry ended up being complete wastes of money because no one knew the people they were giving to no one knew what their lives were like and right they're just guessing it with those people it's wrong and you know they show up with like a bunch of water pumps to a village that has plenty of water and no food
And like, you know, all these people shipped in from Harvard to go hand out these water pumps no one wants. And, you know, there's like example after example of this going around. Whereas obviously, like when you're dealing with people you know, you know, you have a much better sense of how to help them. And that's real. Like that effect is absolutely real.
And like, you know, all these people shipped in from Harvard to go hand out these water pumps no one wants. And, you know, there's like example after example of this going around. Whereas obviously, like when you're dealing with people you know, you know, you have a much better sense of how to help them. And that's real. Like that effect is absolutely real.
And like, you know, all these people shipped in from Harvard to go hand out these water pumps no one wants. And, you know, there's like example after example of this going around. Whereas obviously, like when you're dealing with people you know, you know, you have a much better sense of how to help them. And that's real. Like that effect is absolutely real.
And, you know, even if I think the life matters as much in one place as another, that doesn't mean that you know as well how to help one as you do the other.
And, you know, even if I think the life matters as much in one place as another, that doesn't mean that you know as well how to help one as you do the other.
And, you know, even if I think the life matters as much in one place as another, that doesn't mean that you know as well how to help one as you do the other.
Well, I think what I'd say is, look, you look at, I mean, malaria is a good example here, right? No one dies of malaria anymore in the United States. I mean, basically no one does, but globally it's what, like a million people a year or something die of it.
Well, I think what I'd say is, look, you look at, I mean, malaria is a good example here, right? No one dies of malaria anymore in the United States. I mean, basically no one does, but globally it's what, like a million people a year or something die of it.
Well, I think what I'd say is, look, you look at, I mean, malaria is a good example here, right? No one dies of malaria anymore in the United States. I mean, basically no one does, but globally it's what, like a million people a year or something die of it.