Re:Jim Simons proved the textbooks wrong, almost
by akhilcacharya on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @02:27AM
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Mercer had an extremely impressive resume pre-RenTech. Don’t think Simons would have known he’d finance the far right - Simons himself is a leading progressive donor.
Re:Jim Simons proved the textbooks wrong, almost
by itsoktocry on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @09:16AM
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>Don’t think Simons would have known he’d finance the far right - Simons himself is a leading progressive donor.
It could be that smart businesspeople realize that employees can have diverse political views, and those views don't have to be at the centre of every discussion.
Nothing humbling about hiring a deceitful guy like Mercer. Of course, this being a technical website and everyone needing something to believe in there are people who say that this company's success is mostly based on its technical achievements (and on the people that helped implement those technical achievements), but looking at the character of people like Mercer that success is probably most likely based on stuff like insider trading.