Sam Bankman-Fried on Life in Prison With Diddy, and How Democrats Stole His Money and Betrayed Him
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What has prison been like for Sam Bankman-Fried?
So where are you? Yeah, well, I'm in MDC, Brooklyn, in a little side room. How long have you been there? I've been in prison for about, oh boy, what's it been now? It's been about two years. So what's it like? It's, I mean, it's sort of dystopian. You know, the fortunate thing, the place I'm in, I'm not in sort of I'm not in physical danger. And frankly, a lot of the staff, they're trying to be helpful. They're trying to do what they can, given the constraints. You know, no one wants to be in prison. And you can imagine what happens when you take sort of 40 people, you know, all of them have been at least charged with crimes and lock them in a single room for years on end and throw out the key, which is the most trivial things become all that people have left to care about.
Yes. Have you had any problems?
Not of the sort of acute kind, like I haven't had, you know, I haven't been attacked or anything like that. I've had a lot of logistical problems. And, you know, the biggest, frankly, was when I was on trial, trying to get access to legal work was nearly impossible. I would, you know, on a typical trial day, they'd wake me up at 4 a.m. I'd spend five hours in various buses, vans, and holding cells until my trial started in the morning, then trial straight through to 5 p.m., another four hours in holding cells and vans, you know, and get back at 9 p.m. way after any access to legal work was cut off for the day. So that was the biggest problem.
So what do you do all day when you're not on trial?
Well, it's a really good question because there's not a whole lot to do in person. I read books. I've started reading novels again. I play some chess. And I work on my legal case to the extent I can. There's appeal. There are other things. I do what work I can from in here on that. But the lack of other meaningful things to spend my time on is one of the most – kind of soul-crushing things about prison.
I got to say, we've never talked before, but obviously I've watched you from afar. And I just also say I feel sorry for every man in prison, no matter what he's accused of or did. I just, I don't think we should be locking people away. I know, I guess we have to, but I feel sorry for everyone in prison. I'll just say that. Call me liberal. But you do seem kind of healthier and less jumpy, I have to say, after two years in prison.
Was Sam Bankman-Fried ever on Adderall?
You know, I've had a lot of time to reflect on how to communicate. And in retrospect, you know, I think I was not effective at communicating, especially when the crisis first hit and, you know, in the months thereafter. I made a mistake I often make. I get swept up in details and forget to meet the bigger picture.
You seem like you were just flying high on Adderall every time I saw you on TV. You don't seem that way now. Were you?
No, I wasn't. But I was... my mind was racing because there were, you know, a billion things to keep track of. You know, we sort of typically I'd have, and back when I was running FTX, you know, I'd go on to have an interview, but, you know, while on the interview, there'd be two issues I'd have to resolve with the company. So I'd have sort of one eye on Slack open, responding to messages. And I knew that I had something else I had to do right after the interview that I hadn't had time to prepare for yet that I was sort of preparing for in the back of my mind.
So maybe like the digital world is bad for us. Is that, I mean, like what's your view of that? You've been taken away from your phone. So that's kind of big.
Yeah, oh, it is. I... I prefer having the digital world. You know, at the end of the day, like, it's, but I will say that when I say that it's less from a perspective of, like, enjoyment or, you know, pleasure or leisure, and it's more from a perspective of productivity and ability to have impact in the world. You know, from that perspective, it's so hard to do anything when you don't have the digital world.
So, like, have you made friends there? Are you hanging with Diddy? I think he's in there with you.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What has prison been like for Sam Bankman-Fried?
0:00–2:53
2
Was Sam Bankman-Fried ever on Adderall?
2:53–5:15
3
How did Sam Bankman-Fried meet Diddy in prison?
5:15–8:40
4
How has prison changed Sam Bankman-Fried's perspective?
8:40–23:52
5
What does the future hold for crypto under Donald Trump?
23:52–35:05
6
Does Sam Bankman-Fried have any money left after FTX's bankruptcy?
35:05–45:40
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