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13 Mar 2023 Dwarkesh Podcast Brett Harrison — FTX US former president speaks out
“On one hand, I think people were rowing frustrated within the company because of the lack of direction and some of like the power vacuums that resulted from Sam's continual absence.”
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- 13 Mar 2023
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- Dwarkesh Podcast
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…And what was the reaction of other employees at FTX of this sort of not only the media hypetrain, but also the amount of time Sam was spending with the media. On one hand, I think people were rowing frustrated within the company because of the lack of direction and some of like the power vacuums that resulted from Sam's continual absence. On the other hand, so many people within the company just hero worship Sam. When you hear all the really tragic stories now of all the employees who kept all of their funds and life savings on FTX, they really, really believed in Sam. And doesn't matter how little time he spent with the company, it doesn't matter how he treated employees internally, it was like he was this sort of genius pioneer and that image couldn't be shaken. And I certainly don't blame anybody for it. I interviewed him. I tried to do a lot of research before I interviewed him, and I certainly was totally taken with this.…
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