[throwaway8291]

Agreed.

I remain amazed until today about his progression. He founded a startup to solve a white upper middle class "problem", raised millions for that, was lucky to get a little bit more when he sold out his startup's users' data to the greater fool and now runs around and tries to get rich off other peoples creativity and sweat through the VC vehicle. When I learned that he actually founded OpenAI that org lost almost all appeal to me.

So yes, it might not be too much of a stretch to picture him as the embodiment of the current silicon valley mindset and all its tech-hybris and duplicity.

[appleshore]

As opposed to what, being a financial engineer or wealth manager? Or maybe he should be a real entrepreneur and open up a well managed brand of gas stations? Or build a better kitchen utensil? Or maybe leverage political relationships for tax abatements for major real estate deals?

Vs pushing people to strive for grand ideas, restructuring the greatest accelerator in SV history towards big, bold ideas.