The Eccentric, Relentless Deal-Making of Masayoshi Son

Re:The Eccentric, Relentless Deal-Making of Masayoshi Son by jasonjei on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @06:37PM (#16056975)

> Longer term, Son will have to do a better job articulating how his deals fit together. At the company's annual shareholders meeting in June, he closed with an awkward video the company has used for years to explain its view of technology’s future. It opens with a blond man wandering among stone ruins. “Sorrow is inherent to the human condition,” he says, staring into the camera. “Since the beginning of time, humans have sought to overcome sorrow.” The clip goes on to explain how technology will connect people on opposites sides of the world and allow them to share thoughts and ideas. It closes with the man wading through a field of waist-high grass. “Together we'll open the doors to a new century of happiness and joy,” he says. Bafflement ensued.

> Even as his allies describe it, Son's vision seems like garden-variety optimism about a technological future that has been enunciated by many industry leaders: a trillion connected devices, generating data that will be analyzed by artificial intelligence to supposedly make the world a better place.

This almost sounds like a Silicon Valley TV show parody, where Hooli’s CEO tries to articulate his vision of fixing the human condition in a series of awkward TV ads and speeches.

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Re:The Eccentric, Relentless Deal-Making of Masayoshi Son by ktta on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @07:54PM (#16057407)

Looks like it also extends to how he makes the decision to invest in someone: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-10-11/why-masayos...

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Re:The Eccentric, Relentless Deal-Making of Masayoshi Son by idoh on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @06:55PM (#16057074)

Here is the link to the video if anyone is curious: https://www.softbank.jp/en/corp/news/webcast/?wcid=s7ez7167

I watched the video, it is a bit trite and generic but not really baffling.

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Re:The Eccentric, Relentless Deal-Making of Masayoshi Son by eps on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @09:03PM (#16057699)

That was painfully trivial and over-the-top pompous. So it is baffling.

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Re:The Eccentric, Relentless Deal-Making of Masayoshi Son by amag on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @08:35PM (#16057582)

Wow! It looks like an ad in a dystopian futuristic movie.

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