- Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried’s recent actions show how narratives can lead people astray.
- Musk’s attempt to take Twitter private was rooted in his personal grievances, and his letter to advertisers was mostly wrong.
- Bankman-Fried’s political activism was seen as a way to hide his fraud, and his ambition to change the world was a distraction from his business.
- Changpeng Zhao of Binance is an example of an entrepreneur who focused on his business, rather than on political activism.
- The article discusses the importance of product-based narratives over theory-based narratives when it comes to understanding the implications of new technologies such as crypto and AI.
- It argues that the narrative of crypto being a decentralizing force has been challenged by its product manifestation, which tends towards centralization.
- Similarly, the narrative of AI being a centralizing force has been challenged by the emergence of decentralized and open source AI projects.
- The article concludes that the best way of knowing is starting by consciously not-knowing, and that narratives that are right follow from products.
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