Billions lost and markets roiled by one man’s indiscretion. Isn’t it now clear that these tech bros are too powerful? | Aditya Chakrabortty
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair must be the costliest fling in human history – and a preview of what awaits when the tech bubble bursts One thing we all know about the tech billionaires is they are super-smart.
Key points
- The “ cognitive elite ”, to use their favoured phrase, are entitled to shape our future without our say-so.
- When Elon Musk goes hiring, he wants “super-high-IQ small-government revolutionaries”.
- We know this largely because they never stop telling us.
As a teenager, Jensen Huang wooed his future wife, Lori, thus: “If you do homework with me every Sunday, I promise you you’ll get straight As.” Lord Byron: I believe it’s your move.
Long before they got private jets, what fuelled these boys was faith in their own brainpower.
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