abadidea16h ago

I do not have a sub or a free access link with which to read the New Yorker article on whether Sam Altman is a habitual liar. But I can say this.

I was raised by a man who’d lie constantly. He’d promise me anything and everything, and there was always some last-second off-screen emergency that prevented it from being fulfilled. When I questioned why we were always broke if he made so much money, he assured me I just didn’t understand yet how expensive life really is; as an adult with less income and more mortgage who’s nonetheless in the black, I know it literally doesn’t add up.

Sam Altman triggers my instinctive disgust reflex. Every photo, every video, every voice clip fills me with an urge to either scream at him or get the fuck away. I don’t know this man. But I know his damage.

Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE12h ago

@0xabad1dea "I was raised by a man who’d lie constantly. He’d promise me anything and everything, and there was always some last-second off-screen emergency that prevented it from being fulfilled."

The basic rule for both parents and politicians: Do not promise to do anything that the world might conspire to prevent you from delivering.

Which basically means do not promise to do anything unless you have already done it.

Show threadBen Rosengart3h ago
@TimWardCam @0xabad1dea I don't think that's right. Sometimes you say you're going to be somewhere and then you get a flat tire. So you tell your kid what happened, you apologize, and you make sure you show up the next time. Kids need to learn that shit happens and we hold each accountable but also forgive one another.
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE
@fivetonsflax @0xabad1dea Yeah, I was being a bit extreme, kids would understand something like that. But electorates don't, so I wasn't exaggerating from the politician's PoV.
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Show threadBen Rosengart1h ago
@TimWardCam @0xabad1dea Except I think as a politician, you have to try to make things happen that others will oppose, and the opposition might succeed — but hedging every promise with, "unless Congress stymies me" or whatever is a sure path to irrelevancy.