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oenvoendoskfk • today at 2:49 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

It only feels good if the act of cheating is what get you off, which, then again, is another problem entirely.

And please, no, cheating is not part of “men’s biological wiring”. Not one is “wired to cheat”. It’s a choice. A conscious choice. We have enough will power to stop ourselves at any moment regardless of whatever bullshit “wiring” theory you might have. It was his choice and he chose poorly. Simple as that.

It always astounds me how billionaires (of all people) can be the stupidest people on Earth while also being the most powerful people on Earth.

Power doesn’t corrupt, power seeks the corrupt.


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program_whiz • today at 3:35 PM

Yes, crazy how ignoring the evidence for all of human history to support your theory means that otherwise the most rational, educated, successful people in the world are complete buffoons.

On the other hand if we are partially controlled by biological drives, it explains these patterns we repeatedly observe, despite the consequences. I posit Jensen is not among "the stupidest people on earth" but that the skills that allow him to head a trillion dollar company are separate from the have-an-affair part of his biology. Of course, you could be right, maybe Bezos, Gates, Juang, Clinton, and others are just really stupid.

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