“From the outset, the decision to have Mr.
Bankman-Fried testify in the federal trial that charged him with some of the
most grievous acts of financial fraud in the country’s history seemed like a
self-defeating proposition. Ostentatiously unfazed by physical beauty, art,
novels, fashion, religion and heated food, he was also an avowed hater of
Shakespeare ('one-dimensional' characters, 'illogical plots,' 'obvious
endings') who was mystified by emotionally driven decisions, challenging any
effort to place him somewhere on a continuum of human relatability.”—“Big City”
columnist Ginia Bellafante, “
In Crypto Case, Using an Image as a Shield,”
The New York Times, Nov. 5, 2023
The image accompanying this post, showing Sam Bankman-Fried
on a video call during the MIT Bitcoin Expo 2022, was taken July 8, 2022.
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