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Writer at @WIRED. Author of NYT bestseller 'Chaos Monkeys'. Formerly @Facebook, @YCombinator, @GoldmanSachs. Yes, I live on a boat and in a yurt. 🇺🇸🇪🇸

Orcas Island, WA
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    Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 9

    Antonio García Martínez Retweeted Will Oremus

    Eventually we'll all internalize that startups (and the behemoths they occasionally become) are run by clinical sociopaths driven by a demonic and tireless will to power, rather than accord them the establishment respectability our uber-capitalist society tends to dole out.https://twitter.com/WillOremus/status/1060897341090226177 …

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    Will OremusVerified account @WillOremus
    I know I'm late to this, but the reason Amazon's HQ2 was a farce is not just that they picked two cities. It's that they raised the hopes of cities across the country that could really use an infusion of economic vitality, then picked the two that need it least of all.
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      2. Michael Dearing‏ @mcgd Nov 9
        Replying to @antoniogm

        Alternative take: system doesn't care the motives, pathologies behind building. Just amplifies creative destruction to maximize change+wealth. True winners --pensions, endowments, inst'ns that do good-- spew returns broadly. Add taxes + rich people dying and voila, civilization.

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      3. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 9
        Replying to @mcgd

        Right. Except that much of that great wealth is *not* taxed. And the wealthy would cheat death medically if they could (which, who knows, they may be able to one day).

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      4. Antonio García Martínez‏Verified account @antoniogm Nov 9
        Replying to @antoniogm @mcgd

        The world you describe is one of Benthamesque utilitarianism, which is more or less our default moral principle these days; the bean-counters have defeated the priests and rabbis. But such a world could include all sorts of evils along with it. Ours already does.

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      5. Matthew Tamayo‏ @g33kbeast Nov 9
        Replying to @antoniogm @mcgd

        It seems more reasonable to design society function well in the presence various moral strategies as opposed to assuming everyone will be successful at living stoically or deontologically. If the shock absorbers need maintenance let's fix them.

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      2. Jeremy Lieberman‏ @LiebermanJeremy Nov 9
        Replying to @antoniogm

        Antonio is absolutely correct. Tbh I am surprised he is allowed to say this while working at Wired, as this is nothing like anyone is the MSM has uttered- correct me if I’m wrong. I applaud the honesty. This is much more than about money, this is about having it all.

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      3. Jeremy Lieberman‏ @LiebermanJeremy Nov 9
        Replying to @LiebermanJeremy @antoniogm

        The point on sociopathy is right on. I’ve worked w/many such folks over the years in tech. People need 2realize that this is not just a funny descriptive; as if such people could just b nice, or do kind things if they wanted to. This is the sort of tough dialogue we need to start

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      2. Yosef H‏ @yossy770 Nov 9
        Replying to @antoniogm

        I really hope the new progressive wave in NY State Government shuts this down. I say this as a proud right winger. Who needs 15k additional $15 hr jobs ?

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      3. Coy‏ @coydali Nov 9
        Replying to @yossy770 @antoniogm

        People without jobs?

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      1. StrawberryAlarmclock‏ @SingInTheRine Nov 9
        Replying to @antoniogm

        Y'all should pay more attention to eBay's Retail Revival program.

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      1. Charlie Martin‏ @cmartinjr Nov 9
        Replying to @antoniogm

        You become a saint for starting a successful business, but when it becomes too successful, you become a "clinical sociopath". I am always amazed when people expect business not to do the most profitable thing. It's like expecting a fish to fly.

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      1. Ruminative Orangutan‏ @Ruminorang Nov 9
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      1. Andrew Desmond‏ @beautifullybunk Nov 9
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        The inconvenient truth of profound wealth creation is the inevitable destruction of the other. It's a feature, not a bug. We reside under this truth whether we want to or not. How we contend with this truth going forward will likely define us for centuries.

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      1. Patrick White‏ @noself86 Nov 9
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        How serious are you?

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      1. Mat Vaillancourt‏ @MVLibertas Nov 9
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        I see HQ2 as something like the bid for Olympics for subsidies and tax breaks.

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