At one point as a young man and college economics major, I had a lot of respect for these types of people<p>20 years of living inside the grinder that is the financialization of everything, and it’s clear that none of these financialists create value.<p>They simply reallocate value to make wealth flywheels for the people who already have enough and continuing to be the mechanism which consolidates economic power.<p>Good riddance
More over here: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38451278">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38451278</a>
Genuine question: why is there such an outpouring of love for him? I know he was a very successful investor, but what beyond that has garnered him the adulation of so many people?