[sigseg1v]

Ever since the recent AI fad, more and more of these types of people have come out of the woodwork.

Every random unknown business now truly believes that they have built something novel and revolutionary. They have the audacity to see difficult things being invented by geniuses and think "wow, I can do it too". They think that they must succeed at all costs; their employees must work unlimited hours and they must use unlimited resources because nothing is more important.

It's kind of sad to watch, knowing that in a couple years nobody will care and their company will have produced nothing of value, while the negative consequences of their "progress at all costs" will still be felt by individuals and the world.

[fanatic2pope]

I think it is more of a function of the new political reality. Companies see a rare opportunity to roll back hard won worker rights and they are going for it.

[Magmalgebra]

This is so much better than a decade ago! No underhanded "we're a family" - the company says "you will work 60 hours a week and take a big risk" and employees can say yes or no.

[rfwhyte]

The depressing reality is none of these people actually believe in their vaunted missions or purposes or whatever nonsense they spout to justify the exploitation of their employees, they believe in money, and are willing to say and do absolutely anything to get it.

[arp242]

I'm not so sure about that, at least not for all of them. Same with cryptocurrencies: there seem to be plenty of folks who really seem to believe all the nonsense. I'm not entirely sure what's worse: the true believers who think they're on a mission from God, or the cynical nihilists who view the world as their person wankdoll to use and abuse.

Of course, with the promise of "we're going to improve the world, and oh yeah, you're going to be rich while improving the world" there's a huge amount of incentive to rationalise anything. Mix with plenty of FOMO and you've got a recipe for some pretty crazy stuff.

[appease7727]

No, some of them are genuinely just that delusional. No greed underneath, just pure egotistic delusion.