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picking David Ellison over Alex Karp was very very very hard to do. Alex earned every bit of his awful reputation honestly. But I think the flying joke of Palantir will eventually fall without critically injuring the rest of us, where-as buying a single-voice media mega empires has huge blast radius

Some harder choices this week! Karp v. Younger Ellison and Bezos v. Old Man Ellison were difficult picks. I went with the Ellisons both times.

and the 50 50 current split reflect that.

I missed the first round. Is it possible to see that ballot? Mostly, I'm curious how Kara Swisher ended up in contention. (The only thing I know about her is that my wife likes her podcast.)

I say Zuck vs. Thiel in the final. It's a toss up IMHO. Both are horrible. I ran this separately on 2 well known LLMs, and Zuck was worst in one, Thiel worst in the other. Musk came in 2nd in both. Go figure.

I'm not sure why Swisher was an option here. While there are many to compete for the ultimate prize, would be interested to see a father/son in the semis.

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Did you pull Thiel out of a washing machine for this photo what is going on

Bill Gates vs Elon Musk is not a first round matchup.

It’s Elon vs karp. Obv.

Considerably harder than the first round

The choices are vast Which necessitates that you give multiple runner up prizes

I tried to vote and gave up on the fourth captain grid asking me to identify squares with motorcycles

Sam Altman is evil.

Resisting some real Fuentes-like urges here…

Palmer Luckey just got, uh, unlucky with his position in the bracket. He's a real hateable person with a real punchable face.

Gonna be disappointed and fairly concerned if this doesn't end with a Thiel/Musk final. Huang is surely screwing the U.S. economy, but "worst" implies darker motives behind one's action's than base greed. (Thiel should win.)

Big upset with Altman leading!

Yet.

Doge killed global medical programs...

Spoiler alert: It's Elon Musk No other billionaire has sent goons to steal data from and backdoor every federal agency. He makes the rest of them look almost human by comparison.

I wish I could mute just reposts for individual accounts here on bsky. Love ya but I’m muting you till this bracket thing is over. My feed is flooded

Thiel, Ellison and Karp is the most brutal bracket in which to choose…

The answer is Peter Thiel. Always Petel Thiel.

The final has to be Thiel v Musk, as it is irl. Here's hoping both lose.

As a tie-breaker, can you please list how much each one's firm has paid in regulatory fines, damages, lobbying and lawyer's fees for court and public hearings.

My god, that was incredibly hard

I’m going with D. All of the above.

How did Joe Lonsdale not even qualify?