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Re:SEC Charges Samuel Bankman-Fried with Defrauding Investor... by bluGill on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @08:45AM (#33968720)
If he wasn't the type to go on tour and shout, then he wouldn't have attracted enough investors in the first place to be rich. It takes a specific personality to market things so others will buy, and that personality doesn't like to shut up and so won't.

Some things sell themselves, but most great ideas sit around unknown by people who need them just because they don't know about it. I'd love to buy a better mousetrap to take care of my mouse problem, but if one exists I don't know about it. If you shout that your mouse trap is better I'll probably try it.

Re:SEC Charges Samuel Bankman-Fried with Defrauding Investor... by macrolime on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @02:09PM (#33974120)
I think I know just the thing for you. It's a sophisticated autonomous mousetrap that doesn't even need bait, as it has the ability to locate and catch the mouse all by itself. With its unique combination of strength and agility, this mousetrap is able to outsmart any mouse. When you least expect it, the mousetrap will pounce and capture its target. It's called a cat.
Re:SEC Charges Samuel Bankman-Fried with Defrauding Investor... by bluGill on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @08:48AM (#33983390)
I have one. While they do catch mice, they don't get them all.
Re:SEC Charges Samuel Bankman-Fried with Defrauding Investor... by blitzar on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @10:03AM (#33969733)
It worked to get him to a net worth of 100bn why wouldnt it work again.
Re:SEC Charges Samuel Bankman-Fried with Defrauding Investor... by zeven7 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @12:55PM (#33972824)
Right, everything in his life up to this point has taught him that if he keeps talking he'll be able to convince anybody of anything. He convinced his series B investors to hand over $420 million in "investment" funds to FTX while he pocketed $300 million of that personally.