Keep in mind that Levandowski:<p>* Was so reckless that while at Google he instigated perhaps the first self-driving car crash in California: <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/former-google-engineer-allegedly-modified-self-driving-software-caused-crash-1174058" rel="nofollow">https://www.newsweek.com/former-google-engineer-allegedly-mo...</a><p>* Got $179,000,000 from Google in an outsized performance bonus. <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/ex-uber-self-driving-head-anthony-levandowski-declares-bankruptcy.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/ex-uber-self-driving-head-an...</a> (The founders of Nuro got $40m each). Google and Uber are trying to claw the money back.<p>* Got his pardon supported by Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey.<p>The pardon claims he was more brilliant than jerk. Perhaps instead it will define Levandowski as the prototypical brilliant jerk.