Quote: (01-22-2017 07:17 PM)Paracelsus Wrote:
Quote: (01-22-2017 04:04 PM)greekgod Wrote:
Out of all the tech giants, Bezos and Ellison (too old) are the only ones with enough charisma and presence while "looking respectable" in a suit.
I wouldn't put it past Bezos.
The Democratic primary of 2020 will be a crowded blood bath.
If you thought Hillary had problems being a liar, Bezos will be an entertainment all in himself. You can't teach an old dotcom fraudster new tricks.
Bezos was given both barrels on his credibility by a Federal Court judge about ten years back - Google Bezos and Toys'R'Us case to see how he flat out lied or played Humpty Dumpty with meanings of words right there on a witness stand. On top of that, the guy is running a company that basically hasn't shown a single profit in its entire run and which survives the same way a cancer does: continual expansion and fooling the body it parasitises that nothing's wrong. Amazon has also been hammered repeatedly for basically being a slave labour operation. With the Democrats trending back to the extreme left (it's only a matter of time, that's the only trick they have left) there is not a chance in hell they'll put up an aspie union-buster as their public face.
As to the suggestion that four years of public speaking training will fix Suckerberg or Bizzos's PR problems: you will recall that Donald Trump has likely been decades getting ready for this run, and essentially is the most persuasive man on the face of the planet right now. 4 years of public speaking training is not going to turn either of those OCD motherfuckers into credible strategists, schmoozers, or decisionmakers, and in particular it's the schmoozing that will matter because these assholes will be relying on a major political machine for their funding, not a populist run as Trump did.
In particular Suckerberg is a cripple because he has never actually known failure: unlike the Don or even Bezos who've both known personal wipeouts, the Suck was brought up in an upper-upper middle class house and had the great misfortune of his first commercial prospect, Facebook, succeeding.
I disagree with you on Amazon's business upside. Constant expansion and reinvestment has led to depressed profits but also better and better valuations. They are making money hand over fist on the new age parts of their company such as Amazon Web Services. Within the next 5 years I predict Amazon will start to poach the top talent at HBO and become the premier producer AND distributor of creative online content. Netflix's pockets just aren't deep enough to compete in the long run.
That said, not only is Jeff Bezos a fucking white male, he is a bald one at that.