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Сотсиалистии водии Силикон: Сэм Банкмен-Фрид
"Одамон мехоҳанд, ки мақомот ба онҳо бигӯянд, ки чӣ гуна арзишҳои чизҳоро гӯянд, аммо онҳо ин қудратро на бар асоси далелҳо ё натиҷаҳо интихоб мекунанд - онҳо онро интихоб мекунанд, зеро он бонуфуз ё шинос ба назар мерасад."
-Майкл Люис, The Big Short.
Муаллифи машҳур Майкл Льюис китоби худро нашр кард, Давраи беохир: Эҳё ва фурӯпошии як магнат нав, 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.
Ин хандовар аст, зеро дар асл достони Банкмен-Фрид мактаби хеле кӯҳна аст, Кӯтоҳи калон-достони аҷиб дар бораи як актёри имтиёзнок, ки барои манфиати худ майли ҷомеаи моро барои баҳодиҳии арзишӣ дар бораи одамон на аз рӯи таҷрибаи худ - ё ба гуфтаи Льюис, "далелҳо" истифода мебурд, балки дар асоси маҷмӯа. аз эвристика ва тасдиқи одамони "мукаммал".
Қобилияти Банкмен-Фрид барои бовар кунонд, ки одамоне, ки мо боварӣ дорем, "одамони интеллектуалӣ" -и ҷомеаи мо ҳастанд, аз ҷумла Люис - аҷиб аст. Аммо чаро онҳо ба ӯ афтоданд?
Шояд аз он сабаб бошад, ки Банкмен-Фрид касе буд, ки онҳо мефаҳмиданд. Вай як инсайдер буд, ки мисли онҳо крипторо ҳамчун ҷомеае медонист, ки онҳо метавонанд аз он истифода баранд, на экосистема барои ғизо.
Мустамликадории крипто
Fortune Magazine in профили онҳо 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 Вилояти Силикон
Акнун онро бо ҳуқуқи нахустзодаш - ду волидайн, ки профессори ҳуқуқ дар базиликаи муосири тиҷорат мебошанд - Донишгоҳи Стэнфорд, илова кунед ва шумо шахсияти қариб масеҳии капитализми муосир доред.
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 дар 2022.
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.
Аммо ба ғайр аз ниятҳои неки Банкмен-Фрид, нуқтаи воқеии фурӯш, ки таваҷҷӯҳи сармоягузоронро ба худ ҷалб кард, рисолати Банкмен-Фрид буд.
не"альтруизми самаранок» –– Обуна шудан ба ҳаракатҳои муосир ва ҳамдардии қалбакӣ бешубҳа як иқдоми хуби маркетингӣ барои маблағгузорони элита аст. Аммо, он чизе, ки сармоягузорони ӯро воқеан ба ҳаяҷон овард, эътиқоди ӯ буд, ки крипто як соҳаи ҷиддии сазовори бунёд нест, балки як имконияти хубест барои гирифтани як халта пул аз қиморбозон.
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.
Вай идома дод: «Аммо ҳамаи ин чизҳо имрӯз дуруст нестанд. Ва, пас, имрӯз одамон чӣ кор мекунанд? Онҳо тиҷорат мекунанд. Ва агар одамон савдо кунанд ва одамон тиҷоратро дӯст медоранд, модели тиҷорате, ки тонна пул ба даст меорад, кадом аст? Ин мубодилаи афкор хоҳад буд."
Ин иқтибос нишон медиҳад, ки сармоягузорони Bankman-Fried ҷомеаи криптографиро ҷиддӣ намедонанд. Барои онҳо, худи крипто ҳамон як аҳамияти иҷтимоӣ дорад, то се маҷмӯи гелосро дар як мошини слот дар казино Вегас дар як саф ба даст оранд. Беҳтар аст, ки дар казино сармоягузорӣ кунед, на аксҳои гелос.
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.
Барои онҳо, рисолат ҳамчун "хайрия" ё рафтан ба сафари хидматӣ дар мактаби миёна муҳим аст, то барои афсари қабули Лигаи Ivy хуб назар кунад. Ин танҳо як қисми "бозӣ" аст.
This is quite problematic, since their investments in immature crypto companies –– and overall childish behavior, like when FTX баланд шуд $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.
Оё мо бояд ин қадар ҳайрон бошем, ки он дар ниҳоят пош хӯрд?
Сотсиалистии кремний
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.
Аммо оё ин дар ҳақиқат як такони аслӣ барои хайрия буд ё ҳамдардии ӯ танҳо як навъ стратегияи бозӣ барои афзоиши сармояи иҷтимоии ӯ буд?
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 гуфт 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.
Таърих аз мисолҳои одамоне, ки ба Банкман-Фрид монанданд, пур аст, ки ба қудрат расиданд ва ваъда доданд, ки идоракунандагони утопияи нав ва одилонатар хоҳанд буд. Вақте, ки дар асл, тағйироти асосӣ, ки онҳо ҷустуҷӯ мекунанд, дар сари қудрат будан аст. Банкмен-Фрид ин тропро гирифт ва дар фарҳанги водии Силикон пошида шуд.
As Michael Lewis writes, for Bankman-Fried, most of life is just some kind of game. One which –– if most legal experts дурустанд –– he won’t be getting any restarts on.
Ин паёми меҳмонон аз ҷониби Якоб Кожипатт. Андешаҳои баёншуда комилан аз они онҳост ва ҳатман андешаҳои BTC Inc ё Bitcoin Маҷалла.
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