Sam Altman succeeded because powerful people like Paul Graham decided he would based off of his genius-adjacent vibe, putting him in huge deals and connecting him to other powerful people not because he did anything, but because he sounded smart.  wheresyoured.at/false-prophet/

Altman is a monument to the rot at the core of the valley, and a product of the growing distance between the tech industry and actually creating things of value. He's the product of nepotism, not any kind of meritocracy. The only thing he builds is power. wheresyoured.at/false-prophet/