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Why are so many Silicon Valley executives involved in sex scandals?Discuss

by codecrusade on 7/6/19, 11:12 AM with 6 comments

• by aurizon on 7/6/19, 1:11 PM

  People have moral standards, some use these standards as a currency to buy what others control. A boss might control overtime, travel perks such as assistant to the boss on a trip. This sort of power may well be what drove Rubin, and we can see how money works in cases like this. With large amounts of cash at his disposal he would be able to hire sex rings of whatever size he wanted. the company was unaware of what went on (with the exception of fellow ring members who would keep quiet). Had they known before the settlement, the terms may well have been a lot less generous. Often nerdy tech types like him are at the bottom of the sexual attractiveness pecking order and never learn the nuances of interactive relationships, might even be a part of an Autism aspect?? Then he learns he can flash $$ and hot women line up to grab it, hookers or just flexible morals?

• by bediger4000 on 7/6/19, 12:33 PM

  Seems entirely possible that Silicon Valley doesn't host a disproportionate amount of sex scandals. Maybe there's something about the PR culture, or the relationship with news media such that sex scandals actually get reported on.

  My guess, after working in old large corporations, is that the Silicon Valley people aren't quite as cozy with reporters and lawyers. They haven't had time to develop tactics for getting reporters to not report on juicy sex scandals. They haven't had time to come up with a play book for dealing with sex scandals.

• by PaulHoule on 7/6/19, 11:13 AM

  Scandals have been going around him for a very long time. Make sure you don't count him more than once.

• by codecrusade on 7/6/19, 11:13 AM

  Two careful points to be observed here. Does Silicon Valley have a disproportionate high share of such scandals? If yes would there be a serious bias in the development of autonomous systems especially in the area of language and context processing?

• by HillaryBriss on 7/8/19, 4:30 PM

  IDK -- because they aren't paid enough?