| ▲ | iambateman 5 hours ago |
| I heard a guy I respect say “there’s a short list of things people will ruin their lives for.” I’m not sure if this will ruin Jensen’s life or not, but it’s a good opportunity for us all to remember that the short-term high is usually not worth it. |
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| ▲ | reenorap 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| It's not going to ruin his life. At worst he will lose $100 bil and maybe if it's really bad, he will get kicked out of Nvidia. He will still have $100 bil and can do whatever he wants at that point. |
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| ▲ | TheAlchemist 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | If the woman involved turns out to really be a Chinese spy, then it will definitely ruin his life. AI and chips are, for better or worse, considered a national security matter. | |
| ▲ | p_j_w 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > It's not going to ruin his life. It might if he loves his wife. | | |
| ▲ | reenorap 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | If he loved his wife he wouldn't have cheated on her, and then humiliated her and his children in front of the entire world. | | |
| ▲ | MaxHoppersGhost an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | Humans are complex creatures. Plenty of men and women who have loving families and genuinely love their spouses cheat on them and destroy their lives/families. It just takes a moment of weakness. Stay vigilant. | |
| ▲ | m10i 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | That is not an automatic fact. Humans are very emotionally complex creatures. And Jensen didn't call his secretary and say "can you pencil in 'humiliating my wife and kids around 4PM'? You can? Great, thanks". | | |
| ▲ | reenorap 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | He has full agency over his actions, so yes, it's an automatic fact. He knew what he was doing and he knew what the effects would be on his wife. He knew what would happen when this came out. If you're saying he DIDN'T know what would happen, then you're saying he's extremely stupid. I haven't seen any evidence that he is even a little bit stupid. Are you saying this was an accident and he didn't have control over himself? If he doesn't have control over himself and he isn't accountable for his actions, then how does that factor into him being the CEO of the most important globally strategic company in the world? Are you saying that he is capable of making actions that he isn't in full control over? Does Nvidia need to have a CEO that doesn't accidentally make mistakes like potentially giving secret information to Chinese spies? |
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| ▲ | m10i 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Sometimes, it's the humiliation that comes from the public finding out and putting a spotlight on it that is the kicker; not the random side piece(s) (ex: Bill & Melinda Gates). I agree, though. ___ edit: Funny enough, there's a House of Cards scene that goes over this exact scenario. Francis is sleeping with Zoe the reporter (they're both using each other for the perks/their own agendas). When Claire finds out, her response is something like "you know you must not embarrass me (publicly) with this", which Francis already knew because he would never do that to Claire... she doesn't say those exact words, but that was the vibe. |
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| ▲ | rustyhancock 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Jensen carries the responsibility here for sure. But I'm not sure how hard it would be to resist a honey trap. I mean a state sponsored enterprise to get you to have sex with someone (or one of a group of people). Getting him to have sex with her was literally this woman's day job and she was probably told it was a matter of national security. It is quite absurd once you think about it. |
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| ▲ | olyjohn 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | All he had to do was say no and keep his dick in his pants. Use some judgement, think about your wife and kids (oh yeah and all that national security bullshit). The man with all his money and power can't say no, that's what's absurd. | | |
| ▲ | ungovernableCat 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | You’d think being in your 60s would make it a tad easier to not think with your dick but then again a bunch of CEOs are running TRT these days. This is just deeply embarrassing. His adult children both work for his company so they’d also receive this exact memo. |
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| ▲ | giwook 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Easier said than done. Especially when we’re not thinking logically which is surprisingly and disappointingly too often. |
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| ▲ | chasd00 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | “God gave men enough blood to run their brain or penis but not enough for both” - robin williams | | |
| ▲ | giwook 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Honestly this might be the most accurate statement ever made. |
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| ▲ | Betelbuddy 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Betcha this is going to turn into: He was being blackmailed but decided to pull a David Letterman on it... |
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| ▲ | voidfunc 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| There is zero percent chance the board does anything to Jensen. His likely ex-wife is about to be very rich tho. |
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| ▲ | dannyw 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | We don’t know the extent of what happened. My first thought, given MegaSpeed, is chip diversion. How much of NVIDIA’s sales and revenues is actually to China? Would that be allowed to happen still? | |
| ▲ | nozzlegear 9 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | [delayed] | |
| ▲ | caminante 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I'll take the other side of the wife -> ex-wife bet. He was photographed publicly with the "spy" and has been signing boobs. If the camel had a back, then it was already broken, IMHO. | | |
| ▲ | lotsofpulp 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | He wasn’t photographed in a romantic context as far as I know, and he just signed the upper part of a woman’s chest with tons of cameras around, clearly a marketing ploy rather than him trying to enter into a relationship with her. | | | |
| ▲ | ungovernableCat 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | There’s cheating on your wife. And there’s cheating on your wife and having the feds write up intelligence reports about it, the Financial Times running an article about it and having to send a public admission to every single employee at your company including your two kids who you employ there. | | |
| ▲ | caminante 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Did you ask yourself how his wife would not know this was happening? They were seen in public in intimate settings. Don't kid yourself about the reason he wrote the letter. He's only writing this because of national security optics and buries it in a shit sandwich format. |
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| ▲ | SecretDreams 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > I’m not sure if this will ruin Jensen’s life or not, but it’s a good opportunity for us all to remember that the short-term high is usually not worth it. I think what you've just described is "post nut clarity". I'm sure he knew what he did immediately, but the gravity of the consequences might've taken a bit to catch up to him. |
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| ▲ | hackernud3s 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > the short-term high is usually not worth it. People continue to under-value the spank bank. SMH. |
