FTX and SBF

Mike Solana @micsolana

just insane reporting from the new york times. SBF owns a $40M penthouse and a private jet.

Sam Harris @SamHarrisOrg

This is terrible.

vox.comSam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himselfThe fallen crypto CEO on what went wrong, why he did what he did, and what lies he told along the way.

Michael Shellenberger @ShellenbergerMD

Nine years ago, when crypto-fraudster @SBF_FTX was 19, his mother, a Stanford professor, wrote a very long article making the case that free will is a myth and that we should not blame people for committing crimes. bostonreview.net/forum/barbara-…

Michael Shellenberger @ShellenbergerMD

I addressed this denial of free will/personal responsibility in “San Fransicko.” I noted that, after WWII, there was a debate over free will, and most decided that the “good soldier” a.k.a. “I was just following orders” defense was untenable.

Michael Shellenberger @ShellenbergerMD

I pointed out that denial of free will gives people permission to behave badly. SBF may be proof of that.

Michael Shellenberger @ShellenbergerMD

“If you take her argument seriously, nobody should blamed for anything—not the teenager, or the corrupt politician, or the cheating spouse, or anybody else. You also shouldn’t praise, admire, or respect anyone, as all of these attitudes presume some degree of choice.”

Michael Shellenberger @ShellenbergerMD

As usual, the antidote can be found near the poison. Paul Bloom, in the same issue, makes the identical case I made, which is that free will motivates good behavior. bostonreview.net/forum_response…

Austen Allred @Austen

Help me wrap my mind around this. You’re openly saying stuff like this. Days after you’re accused of committing fraud that cost people billions of dollars. To a reporter. And both of your parents are lawyers.