Inside Sam Bankman-Fried's (SBF) Crypto Empire: Decoding Going Infinite

"Going Infinite" by Michael Lewis explores the psychological perspective of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), focusing on his journey in the cryptocurrency world. The book questions whether SBF is on the autism spectrum, delving into how he views socialization and emphasizes cognitive processes over emotional aspects. SBF's impaired internalization of emotions and his approach to romantic connections involve a cost-benefit analysis. The narrative highlights the unpredictable nature of business success or failure based on random variables. A quote from the book encapsulates its tone and thesis. When FTX and Alameda Research face challenges, SBF attempts to control random business incidents, prompting speculation about disorganized brilliance or purposeful deceit. The book explores SBF's employee control tactics and raises questions about his ultimate fate.
Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in Texas, international speaker, and a multi-award-winning author. He has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of individuals with personality disorders for over 20 years in the state and federal prison system, universities, and in private practice. His specialty areas include personality disorders, ethics, burnout prevention, and emotional intelligence.
He has published several articles and books in these areas and is the author of:
The BPD Card Deck: 50 Ways to Balance Emotions and Live Well with Borderline Personality Disorder. Available at: www.shorturl.at/jBHJV
Complex Borderline Personality Disorder: How Coexisting Conditions Affect Your BPD and How You Can Gain Emotional Balance. Available at:
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Antisocial, Narcissistic, and Borderline Personality Disorders: A New Conceptualization of Development, Reinforcement, Expression, and Treatment. Available at: tinyurl.com/2anv8dww
The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook: An Integrative Program to Understand and Manage Your BPD. Available at: goo.gl/LQEgy1
Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook: Treatment Strategies for Cluster B Personality Disorders (IPBA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award Winner): goo.gl/BLRkFy
Narcissistic Personality Disorder Toolbox: 55 Practical Treatment Techniques for Clients, Their Parents & Their Children (IPBA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award Winner):: goo.gl/sZYhym
Dr. Fox has given numerous workshops and seminars on ethics and personality disorders, personality disorders and crime, treatment solutions for treating clients along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum, emotional intelligence, managing mental health within the prison system, and others. Dr. Fox maintains a website of various treatment interventions focused on working with and attenuating the symptomatology related to individuals along the antisocial, borderline, narcissistic, and histrionic personality spectrum (www.drdfox.com).
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00:00 Introduction
00:38 Is SBF on the autism spectrum?
01:09 SBF finds cryptocurrency
02:05 How SBF sees socialization
02:48 Focusing more on cognitive process than emotional
03:29 SBF impaired internalization of emotions
04:26 SBF romantic connections
06:02 Romantic cost benefit analysis
07:10 Business success or failure based on random variables
07:47 Quote from Going Infinite that captures tone and thesis
08:40 When FTX and Alameda Research crumbles
11:14 SBF trying to control random business incidents
11:53 Is this disorganized brilliance or purposeful deceit?
12:29 Employee control tactics
14:33 What happens to SBF?

[@piotrn2491]

Commenting here so that youtube algo bumps this interesting video. Cheers

[@JMARTIN1947]

The Probation Department’s pre-sentencing report recommends 100 years for SBF.
A nice round number.

[@SArthur221]

The irony with the approach described here is that often, when people remove components from their mathematical model of the world, that leads them to miss variables in their equations, thus making their model perpetually inaccurate.

[@DrDanielFox]

You make a great point! It's important to consider all variables when creating a mathematical model to ensure accuracy.

[@BBWahoo]

Shame he used his power for evil when greed took over, he was a clever guy.

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"Bankman"

[@BBWahoo]

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[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

The man is a defender of his country, and I respect him

[@BBWahoo]

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He's jeopardizing his country by being a warmongerer, there's defense and there is lunacy.

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[@johannesbols57]

I don't need distracting reenactments.

[@DrDanielFox]

Thanks for watching.

[@pc3235]

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