I think it’s a little unfair - the guy is a fantastic - maybe even genius - problem-solver that just happened to be thrust into the limelight with little to no media or PR training, just making comments that perhaps don’t age well while letting his software do most of the talking.
I was pretty disappointed that he decided to attend that BasedCon event.
Still pretty disappointed that he spoke there and legitimized it (and also that he was working with Facebook TBH), but I think you have the right take here.
He’s undoubtedly a genius in his area of focus, but everyone has blind spots; it’s a shame that his are in the area of libertarian politics.
Looks like he attended and spoke at basedcon? Hadn’t heard of it before, but it does seem kind of edgelordy. Then he had to write a lengthy explanation defending his presence and explaining he didn’t discuss politics. Not sure I see the controversy.
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I think it’s a little unfair - the guy is a fantastic - maybe even genius - problem-solver that just happened to be thrust into the limelight with little to no media or PR training, just making comments that perhaps don’t age well while letting his software do most of the talking.
Sure, he joined Meta - but quit some years later with a quite incendiary resignation letter ( https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/doom-veteran-john-carmack-leaves-meta-with-fiery-exit-letter-give-a-damn-3368893 ). That said, he’s still no stranger to controversy it seems ( https://www.eurogamer.net/john-carmack-responds-to-convention-attendance-criticism ).
I was pretty disappointed that he decided to attend that BasedCon event.
Still pretty disappointed that he spoke there and legitimized it (and also that he was working with Facebook TBH), but I think you have the right take here.
He’s undoubtedly a genius in his area of focus, but everyone has blind spots; it’s a shame that his are in the area of libertarian politics.
Looks like he attended and spoke at basedcon? Hadn’t heard of it before, but it does seem kind of edgelordy. Then he had to write a lengthy explanation defending his presence and explaining he didn’t discuss politics. Not sure I see the controversy.