floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoFormer OceanGate employee testifies CEO said he would ‘buy a congressman’ if the Coast Guard blocked Titan expeditionwww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1294arrow-down14
arrow-up1290arrow-down1external-linkFormer OceanGate employee testifies CEO said he would ‘buy a congressman’ if the Coast Guard blocked Titan expeditionwww.cnn.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarePrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoSo basically he’s Peter Thiel minus the Titanic stuff.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoPeter Thiel has a reputation for being evil but smart. This guy didn’t seem so smart, just cocky and ambitious.
minus-squareThrashy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoHe built a homebuilt aircraft and that wasn’t the thing that killed him, so he wasn’t dumb by any stretch, but “smart enough to be dangerous” seems like a phrase coined just for him.
So basically he’s Peter Thiel minus the Titanic stuff.
Peter Thiel has a reputation for being evil but smart. This guy didn’t seem so smart, just cocky and ambitious.
He built a homebuilt aircraft and that wasn’t the thing that killed him, so he wasn’t dumb by any stretch, but “smart enough to be dangerous” seems like a phrase coined just for him.