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I wrote Jensen Huang's biography – here's what led to his downfall
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lavendermon
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This type of public evisceration about a human's mistakes is a bit low, as this article focuses primarily on the "masculine hubris" side of Jensen's affairs rather than the potential export control violations. I don't see the point of dragging people through mud for their mistakes but clearly it gets clicks.
kbelder
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"Masculine hubris." I don't know Huang and I have no idea if he possesses that or not. However, I suspect that if he does, it's a part of why he was successful.
phs318u
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My problem is with the simplistic perception of “success”. It isn’t once and done.
He succeeded in growing a company into a global behemoth.
He succeeded in amassing great wealth.
He succeeded in destroying his marriage.
He succeeded in getting himself fired.
He succeeded in creating a significant leadership void and much uncertainty at his company.
Some of these successes are not like the others. People and situations are complex, and things that may be positive attributes in one sense may result in failures in another.
chvid
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BTW I think this is a terrible hit piece that reflects badly on its author. That is in NYTimes and by a key biographer shows what kind of campaign Jensen is under.
qwerpy
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The scathing disdain and what smells like barely hidden jealousy is very sad to see, especially from a biographer who you'd think would develop some empathy with the person he's getting to know so deeply. Makes me kinda root for AIs (fittingly powered by Jensen's chips) to continue replacing these journalists and writers.