I'm always somewhat amazed that Chamath Palihapitiya doesn't have a much worse reputation:
1. My understanding is that he was the primary initial architect of "A/B testing for engagement" at Facebook that turned social media into a tribalistic, outrage generating machine (nothing engages like hate), and that the rest of SV essentially copied. I think this trajectory would have happened regardless, but he was first, so to speak.
2. He was the primary booster of selling the shit sandwiches known as SPACs as filet mignon. I'm sure he made out, any downstream investors not so much.
1. My understanding is that he was the primary initial architect of "A/B testing for engagement" at Facebook that turned social media into a tribalistic, outrage generating machine (nothing engages like hate), and that the rest of SV essentially copied. I think this trajectory would have happened regardless, but he was first, so to speak.
2. He was the primary booster of selling the shit sandwiches known as SPACs as filet mignon. I'm sure he made out, any downstream investors not so much.