Interesting article, and then at the end you see that this Stanford student is also pursuing his own path to fame and riches — by publishing a forthcoming tell-all book about the apparently seedy underbelly of Stanford.

Perhaps he is not so different from his subjects, at least in terms of his end goals?

https://archive.ph/m7CV7

https://smry.ai/https:/www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/sta...

Interesting that "recruitment" happens right after age of consent is reached. I guess eighteen year olds have some special intellectual quality that a twenty year old would lack?

Naïve, willing to work for nothing, likely a nepo baby with connections, arrogant, and with a sense of entitlement what will help drive a jumbo liquidity event. They’re the perfect prey for VCs.

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