I know "woke" is over, but it's exactly the sentiments like this on HN that make me understand why it arose in the first place. Just like in any other techie-dominated space, the level of complacency and self-victimisation is off the charts here.

In what universe does cheating on your wife make you a victim? Even if the other party had a vested interest in making it happen, it's still a free choice that Jensen made. It's really tiring to read these theories and mental gymnastics involving a sly seductionness engaging in psy-ops and psychological manipulation to get into the pants of a reluctant billionaire.

Women are not some kind of mind-manipulating fantasy creatures, nor do spies running honeypot stings spray their marks with irresistible aphrodisiac pheromones. It's honestly very concerning to me how easily people here snap into this kind of simplistic us-vs-them model of the world, which I guess well explains the constant bemoaning about male loneliness, lack of male role models, male dating prospects, etc that I see here.