[haldujai]

> The company also denied claims made in a June article in Forbes that its founder strays from the truth. On stage at a Bloomberg conference in June, Mostaque said that he sometimes is misunderstood. “I’m doing the best I can,” he told the audience. “I have a very definitive view of the future.”

Does anyone understand what is meant by "a very definitive view of the future" in this context?

[tbrownaw]

I reject your reality and substitute my own.

It even has a tvtropes page, which does seem to largely align with the article.

[haldujai]

I misunderstood your reply and thought you were saying “I have a very definitive view of the future” has a tvtropes so I Googled it.

Interestingly, a different Bloomberg article from June has a slightly different version of the Mostaque quote, was also questioned by a commenter on HN, and "emadm" (I'm assuming that's him) responded: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36512994

Edit: There's a third article with the same quote too: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-28/stability...

That's three articles within 6 weeks by Rachel Metz and Mark Bergen using the same quote. I found it interesting too but that's a bit much (and lazy).

[polynomial]

A future where I am not successful is definitely not an option.