David Gerard

Will MacAskill wanted to go on podcasts and *explain* after FTX, but his laywers suggested he perhaps not send himself to jail

https://awful.systems/post/1385604

Will MacAskill wanted to go on podcasts and *explain* after FTX, but his laywers suggested he perhaps not send himself to jail - awful.systems

Apr 19, 2024 at 3:55pmWeb
Show threadshiveyarblesApr 19, 2024
Or even better, why not explain FROM jail
Show threadtitotalApr 19, 2024
Fun revelations that SBF was going to try and invest in Elon buying twitter because he thought it would make money (lol), and was seriously proposing “put twitter on the blockchain” as his pitch. One of the dumbest ideas I’ve ever heard, right behind every other “X on blockchain” proposal
SBF (@SBF_FTX) on X

28) So how about social media? Right now, if you tweet something, and your friend pulls out Facebook, they can’t see your tweet. Social media networks are isolated, not interoperable.

X (formerly Twitter)
Show threadDavid GerardApr 19, 2024
Jack also thought that twitter belonged on a blockchain, which is because he too is dumb as hell
Show threadYouKnowWhoTheFuckIAMApr 20, 2024
Never meditate folks, it’s bad for the brain
Show thread200fiftyApr 20, 2024
If twitter did get put on the blockchain after Elon bought it, it really would be “X on blockchain”… ba dum tshh
Show threadcaiApr 21, 2024
Greatly relieved to hear from Will that he had no culpability & is just a victim in all this