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He’s also the chief architect of one of the most influential companies in the world. How many people has he positively affected?
He makes overpriced computer chips... he isn't gandhi.
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You don't seem to understand how the economy and competitive forces work, nor how hierarchies of competency function and work.

I suspect you hypocritically have and will continue to benefit from his work that he started as their CEO 33 years ago.

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And how many has his influential company affected negatively?
That isn't the way the world - or most morality systems - work.

A surgeon who saves a thousand lives doesn't get a pass for the one murder they commit.

If the person who eventually cures cancer also happens to be a rapist, do you remember their name with awe or pity?

The sort of Felicific Calculus practiced by the "Effective" Altruists is a tawdry trick designed to excuse despicable behaviour.

Ford and Edison seem to have done pretty well in the view of history.
And yet you've a convicted felon who vacationed on Epstein island sitting at the highest office in the land, or even in the world.
> How many people has he positively affected?

I honestly don't care. It's not a balance sheet to me.

> How many people has he positively affected?

What's your definition? People he sold a GPU to at extortionate markups?

What’s the revenue target I need to hit to get a free pass for sanctions avoidance? What other rules, regulations and laws do you think he should be absolved from considering NVIDIAs quarterly profits?