I won't debate whether malice was intended because it's hard to know what the state of mind of a person is when they do a particular thing. I can definitely understand how a woman in the valley might suspect she would not get a fair shake from someone who would write these words.
In other words, if you're saying nice things about your partner, the implication is that it's not generally true of other people of their gender - whether or not you spell it out.
> Most women in the Bay Area are soft and weak, cosseted and naive despite their claims of worldliness, and generally full of shit
Is not really something that can be said “without malice” no matter the context.
s/women/people/If we can't have autobiographies written in an entertaining style, perhaps Balaji was right that we should all write pseudonymously to avoid being cancelled 5-10 years later.
This wasn’t a drunk tweet or post; nor some inappropriate if private email or message.
I don’t have much sympathy for the fella.
(2) In the book he was comparing his pregnant British girlfriend to other women in the Bay Area, intended more to make her look good than others look bad. I don't think any malice was involved.
(3) I hope he's getting some sort of severance, or hopefully he got a good signing bonus when he joined.