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Цахиурын хөндийн социалист: Сэм Банкмен-Фрид
"Хүмүүс тэдэнд аливаа зүйлийг хэрхэн үнэлэх талаар эрх мэдэлтэй байхыг хүсдэг, гэхдээ тэд энэ эрх мэдлийг баримт эсвэл үр дүнд тулгуурлан сонгодоггүй - тэд эрх мэдэлтэй эсвэл танил мэт санагдсан тул үүнийг сонгодог."
-Майкл Льюис, Том богино.
Нэрт зохиолч Майкл Льюис номоо хэвлүүлсэн. Хязгааргүй явах нь: Шинэ магнатын өсөлт ба уналт, on the rise and fall of FTX on the first day of the trial of its notorious founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Bankman-Fried). The book has met with heavy criticism by commentators for its seemingly favorable portrayal of the millennial crypto founder.
Энэ нь инээдтэй юм, учир нь Банкмен-Фридийн түүх бол маш эртний түүх юм. Том богино-Өөрийнхөө ашиг сонирхлын төлөө манай нийгэм хүмүүсийн үнэ цэнийг үнэлж дүгнэхийг эрхэмлэдэг байдлаа ашигласан, эсвэл Льюисийн хэлснээр "баримт" --, харин олонлогоос сэдэвлэсэн онцгой үлгэр. эвристик болон "боловсронгуй" хүмүүсийн зөвшөөрөл.
Банкмен-Фридийн бидний итгэдэг хүмүүсийг, тэр дундаа Льюисийг манай нийгмийн "ухаалаг хүмүүс" гэдэгт итгүүлэх чадвар нь ер бусын юм. Гэхдээ тэд яагаад түүнд дурласан юм бэ?
Банкмен-Фрид тэдний ойлгодог хүн байсан болохоор тэр байх. Тэр бол тэдний нэгэн адил криптог тэжээх экосистем гэхээсээ илүүтэйгээр өөрсдийн хөрөнгө оруулалт хийж чадах нийгэмлэг гэж үздэг хүн байсан.
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Fortune Magazine in тэдний профайл of Bankman-Fried, wrote that the Bay Area native doesn’t look like the most powerful man in crypto. But is that really true?
If anything, a 20-something year-old man oozing social awkwardness, an MIT degree, and poor fashion-sense is the wet dream of many a modern “sophisticated” tech investor. Bankman-Fried could easily be a character on the HBO show Silicon Valley
Стэнфордын их сургуулийн орчин үеийн худалдааны сүмд хуулийн профессороор ажилладаг хоёр эцэг эх нь түүний төрөлхийн эрхээр нь нэмбэл, та орчин үеийн капитализмын бараг Мессиа дүртэй болсон.
One need not look further than the praise given to him by Kevin O’Leary, saying “I'm a big advocate for Sam because he has two parents that are compliance lawyers." the Shark Tank investor said 2022 нь.
O’Leary continued: “If there's ever a place I could be that I'm not going to get in trouble, it's going to be at FTX.” We later found out that the Canadian investor was paid close to a million dollars an hour to be a public spokesperson for Bankman-Fried.
Гэхдээ Банкмен-Фридийн шударга санаанаас гадна хөрөнгө оруулагчдын анхаарлыг татсан бодит борлуулалтын цэг бол Банкмен-Фридийн эрхэм зорилго байв.
үгүй"үр дүнтэй өгөөмөр сэтгэл" –– загварлаг, хуурамч эмпатик хөдөлгөөнүүдэд бүртгүүлэх нь элит санхүүчдийн хувьд маркетингийн сайн алхам болох нь дамжиггүй. Гэхдээ түүний хөрөнгө оруулагчдыг үнэхээр их баярлуулсан зүйл бол крипто бол хөгжихөд зохистой салбар биш, харин мөрийтэй тоглоомчдоос ууттай мөнгө булааж авах сайхан боломж гэсэн итгэл байсан юм.
As a Sequoia Capital’s venture capitalist put it in a now deleted profile on Bankman-Fried, “Yes, crypto eventually could replace money, and, yes, it can eventually decentralize the web,” the investor said.
Тэрээр үргэлжлүүлэн: "Гэхдээ эдгээр бүх зүйл өнөөдөр үнэн биш байна. Тэгвэл өнөөдөр хүмүүсийн хийж байгаа зүйл юу вэ? Тэд худалдаа хийдэг. Хэрэв хүмүүс худалдаа хийдэг бол хүмүүс худалдаа хийх дуртай бол хэдэн тонн мөнгө олох бизнесийн загвар юу вэ? Энэ нь солилцоо байх болно."
Энэ ишлэл нь Bankman-Fried-ийн хөрөнгө оруулагчид крипто нийгэмлэгийг ноцтой гэж үзээгүйг харуулж байна. Тэдний хувьд крипто өөрөө Вегасын казиногийн слот машин дээр дараалан гурван багц интоор авахтай ижил нийгмийн ач холбогдолтой юм. Интоорын зураг гэхээсээ илүү казинод хөрөнгө оруулалт хийсэн нь дээр.
Agree or disagree with them, the crypto, and specifically the bitcoin subsection, of the community is serious with their goals. They are largely a set of libertarian, hyper-principled people. They are profoundly serious about their view on how blockchains can be used to liberate the currently unbanked, protect the value of one’s labor from ever increasing inflation, and connect people around the world through payments, and specifically remove government interference in money.
As Erik Voorhees’ puts it –– in what is now one of the final debates with Bankman-Fried –– “what we are doing here is in effect bringing the same separation that occurred between church and state to state and payments. In effect freeing people around the world.”
The earnesty of belief held by people like Voorhees doesn’t compute for people like Sequoia VC or Bankman-Fried. For them those beliefs were useful in that they got a community to work hard for close to no reward until the first few bitcoin bull runs. But the belief itself? For the jaded elite, a company mission often is a means to a single end: Enrich one’s bank account.
Тэдний хувьд номлол нь "буяны үйлс" хийх, эсвэл ivy league элсэлтийн ажилтанд сайхан харагдахын тулд ахлах сургуульд аялалд явахтай адил чухал юм. Энэ бол "тоглоомын" нэг хэсэг юм.
This is quite problematic, since their investments in immature crypto companies –– and overall childish behavior, like when FTX өссөн $420,690,000 from 69 investors –– is a large part of the reason the “crypto” industry isn’t respected by the general public.
Moreover, Bankman-Fried regularly made statements criticizing bitcoin, for being “slow, and bulky.” Keep in mind, the bitcoin community not only birthed crypto, but are –– for better or worse –– perhaps the most ideologically pure people in technology.
Moreover, Bankman-Fried sought to influence legislation that would impact the earnest bitcoin. Since he was –– prior to FTX’s collapse –– one of the biggest Washington donors, he likely would succeed in lobbying the government to follow his view.
But this here is a form of colonization. The crypto community was a vibrant ecosystem prior to Bankman-Fried’s entry. It was a bunch of misfits that came together to build something that was unique and important. A chance to feel empowered in a system they feel marginalized in. For Bankman-Fried and his cohorts to come into it aiming to make a percentage off of the trading fees of investors –– rather than create products and businesses in the ethos of bitcoin –– was their original sin.
Энэ нь эцэстээ задарч байгаад бид гайхах ёстой гэж үү?
Цахиурын социалист
In a similar vein to a young child who asks “why doesn’t the government just print more money and give it to the homeless?” –– Bankman-Fried’s claim to fame was to make a lot of money and give it away. Like some benevolent patrician. Andrew Carnegie in board shorts.
Гэхдээ энэ нь үнэхээр буяны үйлсийн жинхэнэ түлхэц байсан уу, эсвэл түүний өрөвдөх сэтгэл нь нийгмийн капиталаа нэмэгдүүлэх тоглоомын стратеги байсан уу?
In a phone call with crypto reporter Tiffany Fong, Bankman-Fried said that he donated as much money to Republicans as he did Democrats, but did so quietly in order to gain favor with journalists who he felt were predominantly left wing. In other words, Bankman-Fried manufactured a public persona of humanitarianism, but in reality his raison d'être was to gain more power and clout
His former business partner Anthony Scaramucci гэж хэлсэн he saw Bankman-Fried as having a sort of “superiority complex.” So, perhaps in Bankman-Fried’s head he thought that he could single-handedly solve all of the world’s problems if only he had all of the money.
Whatever the truth may be –– what is it that made Bankman-Fried think that he had the right to use other’s money at his own discretion? Or for him to enter a space that he, once again, had close to nothing to do with creating. What made him think that he should be the authority who decides what aspects are kosher or haram? Or write legislation for it?
At its core is a belief he was the smartest person in the room. A belief certainly had the innate privilege to feel given his parents’ societal standing, and his undeniable analytical wit. But, what was missing in the matrix of Bankman-Fried was a soul. A soul that would allow for him to truly respect community that he was entering as a stranger.
Түүх нь шинэ, илүү шударга утопийн нярав болно гэж амлаж эрх мэдэлд хүрсэн Банкмен-Фридтэй төстэй хүмүүсийн жишээгээр дүүрэн байдаг. Бодит байдал дээр тэдний эрэлхийлж буй гол өөрчлөлт нь эрх баригчид байх үед. Банкмен-Фрид тэр үлгэрийг авч Цахиурын хөндийн соёлыг цацсан.
As Michael Lewis writes, for Bankman-Fried, most of life is just some kind of game. One which –– if most legal experts зөв байна –– he won’t be getting any restarts on.
Энэ бол зочдын бичсэн бичлэг юм Жейкоб Кожипатт. Илэрсэн саналууд нь бүхэлдээ өөрсдийнх нь үзэл бодол бөгөөд BTC Inc эсвэл Bitcoin Сэтгүүл.
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