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SILICON VALLEY January 17, 2023
Is Bankman-Fried’s unusual P.R. strategy a battle for marginal news consumers and a from-the-gut attempt at rehab, or a form of attention-hungry psychobabble? Some observations from our time together. Plus, news and notes on the political-big money business.
Sam Bankman-Fried
SILICON VALLEY January 10, 2023
Scenes from a surreal, often sad, otherworldly visit at home with Sam Bankman-Fried.
s.b.f.
SILICON VALLEY January 6, 2023
Prosecutors are investigating donations made by Nishad Singh, the Democratic mega-donor and S.B.F roommate who could maybe bury his former ally—or join him on the firing line.
S.B.F.
SILICON VALLEY January 3, 2023
Democrats who once eagerly solicited money from S.B.F. are now preparing for the worst: door-knocks from prosecutors, document-retention orders, and nine months of anxiety courtesy of the Southern District of New York.


Jeff Bezos
SILICON VALLEY December 27, 2022
Will the league let the man behind Thursday Night Football also own one of the teams in the game? Well, if you’re willing to pay 30x what you did for The Washington Post, anything is possible.
Sam Bankman-Fried
SILICON VALLEY December 22, 2022
Further news and notes on the Sean McElwee-S.B.F. saga, and the campaign-finance scandal of the moment.
Mitt Romney
SILICON VALLEY December 20, 2022
A blunt retrospective with Peter Hamby about partisan myopia, Twitter echo chambers, and the most underrated political narratives heading into 2024.
peter thiel
SILICON VALLEY December 14, 2022
Thiel’s first public comments since his midterm shellacking were a searing indictment of the G.O.P.—and a three-point playbook for 2024.


s.b.f.
SILICON VALLEY December 14, 2022
Inside the Bankman-Fried indictment is a tantalizing footnote to its most explosive allegations: a massive money-in-politics scandal. Here’s how to decode the various theories making the rounds over the last 24 hours—what’s real, what’s bullshit, and what we still don’t know.
Sam Bankman-Fried
SILICON VALLEY December 13, 2022
At the core of the S.B.F. dilemma is the brainy academic milieu in which he came of age: a place where effective altruism was discussed at the dinner table, shape-shifting was au naturel, and the pursuit of an ethical life undergirded it all.
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