Big Technology Podcast · Friday, July 31, 2026
The conversation delves into the philosophy of effective altruism, particularly its concept of 'expected value' calculations in decision-making. The analogy is drawn to Sam Bankman-Fried and the potential for such philosophies to lead to significant business risks.
“And so, this is the second time in in in recent history where someone who comes from that sort of background, and the other one being Sam Bankman-Fried, uh, seems to have made, you know, big enough bets that make you think is this, uh, you know, a pretty, uh, disastrous way to think about your business.”
“No fraud here, as far as we know. He's not even negative. But, you know, I, you know, not a parallel blow-up, but it rhymes in a way.”
“Sam Bankman-Fried wasn't negative either. You know, he was the best investor of all time. If they didn't make him sell.”