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   Valerie Aurora (vaurora@wandering.shop)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 20:24:44 JST Valerie Aurora

   • Leigh Honeywell

   So the thing I didn’t realize when I co-authored the Al Capone Theory with @leigh is that the next phase of VC investment would have to be in companies led by exactly the kind of person we were talking about: the person who feels entitled to take other people’s work, possessions, and bodies without consent. Most of the remaining plays to get 100x returns in tech rely on theft of some form, and OpenAI is no exception

   https://hypatia.ca/2017/07/18/the-al-capone-theory-of-sexual-harassment/

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     Dogzilla (dogzilla@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 20:24:40 JST Dogzilla

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     • Leigh Honeywell

     @vaurora @leigh So does this argument mean that we should oppose all new tech investment?

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 20:24:40 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Leigh Honeywell
     • Dogzilla

     @Dogzilla @vaurora @leigh So you read this thread and that is your takeaway?

     *smh*

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 20:25:27 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Leigh Honeywell
     • Dogzilla

     @Dogzilla @vaurora @leigh Hint: VC is not the only type of tech investment possible. It’s just the most toxic kind imaginable.