Re:FTX’s Collapse Was a Crime, Not an Accident
by indigodaddy on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @08:32PM
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Is the outward exterior of earnestness and sincerity (I have to admit I’m almost falling for it) a facade? It seems like he actually believes everything he is saying and there is an absence of malice in how he projects in the interview. He’s either a psychopath who is faking (very well) this earnest persona, or he actually is fully deluded by his own fantasy creation/dollhouse that is FTX.
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Re:FTX’s Collapse Was a Crime, Not an Accident
by JohnFen on Thursday December 01, 2022 @02:22AM
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He could also just be a good actor. Or actually earnest. Any of these things are possible.
But it's always very dangerous to try to determine someone's honesty based on public appearances. Anyone appearing in public will have decided exactly what they're going to say, will have decided on what sort of image they want to project, etc. They will have practiced. In a situation like his, triply so.
People appearing in public are rarely their authentic selves. They are playing a role of some sort to some degree. Even ordinary, normal people do this. The information quality you get from how they appear is too low to base any sort of judgement on.