This is certainly the more convoluted explanation, but it certainly matches with my observations of SBF’s psychology, from well-before the FTX blowup.
I disagree. I think Altman is, in many respects, the exact opposite of SBF, and your read of his personality is wrong. This is why you can’t predict things like Sutskever & Murati leaving OA, without being pushed (and in fact Altman going to lengths to keep them), while I could. I encourage you to go back and reread things like the New Yorker profile or discussions of his highschool career or his abortive political run or UBI experiment with that in mind.
I disagree. I think Altman is, in many respects, the exact opposite of SBF, and your read of his personality is wrong. This is why you can’t predict things like Sutskever & Murati leaving OA, without being pushed (and in fact Altman going to lengths to keep them), while I could. I encourage you to go back and reread things like the New Yorker profile or discussions of his highschool career or his abortive political run or UBI experiment with that in mind.