{"id":115795,"date":"2023-10-26T15:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=115795"},"modified":"2023-10-27T10:28:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T14:28:24","slug":"sam-bankman-fried-personality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/sam-bankman-fried-personality\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Bankman-Fried&#8217;s Personality: A Lifelong Social Outcast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How many childhood friends did Sam Bankman-Fried have? On what rare occasion did he wear a suit?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his recent biography <em>Going Infinite<\/em>, Michael Lewis provides a rare glimpse into the inner workings of Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s life. Lewis writes about the time before Bankman-Fried became a crypto mogul, explaining why he spent his life as a social outcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more to understand Sam Bankman-Fried&#8217;s personality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sam-bankman-fried-s-personality\">Sam Bankman-Fried&#8217;s Personality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Lewis, Sam Bankman-Fried has been a social outcast throughout his life, largely because he doesn\u2019t understand\u2014or outright disregards\u2014social conventions that others deem important. In our summary of what Lewis writes about Sam Bankman-Fried&#8217;s personality, we\u2019ll look at how Bankman-Fried navigates social settings and how that\u2019s left him chronically lonely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bankman-fried-s-disregard-for-social-norms\">Bankman-Fried\u2019s Disregard for Social Norms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis says that Bankman-Fried has struggled with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/norms-of-society\/\">social norms<\/a> throughout his life, and this struggle continued even as he became one of the world\u2019s wealthiest and most powerful individuals. To illustrate, we\u2019ll look at three key examples: Bankman-Fried\u2019s difficulty producing facial expressions, his behavior during virtual meetings, and his lack of concern for his appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis first relates that, in one of his interviews, <strong>Bankman-Fried noted that he never understood the point of facial expressions growing up<\/strong>\u2014he told Lewis that he didn\u2019t understand why he was supposed to smile while listening to other people speak. In fact, Bankman-Fried even told Lewis that as a trader on Wall Street, he forced himself to fake facial expressions so that his coworkers would find him more likable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: According to researchers, difficulty expressing and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/reading-facial-expressions\/\">understanding facial expressions<\/a> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectrumnews.org\/news\/people-autism-sometimes-give-ambiguous-looks\/#:~:text=They%20make%20expressions%20less%20often,odd%20or%20difficult%20to%20interpret.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">common symptom of autism spectrum disorder<\/a>. Individuals on the spectrum often either make no facial expressions, like Bankman-Fried, or make facial expressions that seem confusing or ambiguous to neurotypical people. However, these same researchers also note that people with autism spectrum disorder typically become more adept at making facial expressions as they age because they develop alternative strategies for producing facial expressions. In any case, Lewis doesn\u2019t indicate whether Bankman-Fried may be on the spectrum.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bankman-Fried also showed little regard for social norms when meeting with influential people online. According to his head of public relations, Natalie Tien, this was the norm: <strong>Whenever Bankman-Fried took a one-on-one meeting via Zoom, he would distract himself with video games the entire time<\/strong>. For example, during a Zoom meeting with Vogue editor Anna Wintour, he regularly minimized the Zoom tab to play video games, only returning to Zoom when Wintour asked him a question that required more concentration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Bankman-Fried\u2019s difficulty remaining focused during one-on-one meetings suggests that he might have <em>attention deficit hyperactivity disorder<\/em> (ADHD). Experts write that <a href=\"https:\/\/psychcentral.com\/adhd\/adhd-tips-to-fire-up-your-focus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ADHD most commonly manifests as difficulty concentrating on a single task<\/a>, which could explain why Bankman-Fried couldn\u2019t focus even when meeting with only one person.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, <strong>Bankman-Fried showed no concern for his appearance, almost exclusively wearing dirty t-shirts and cargo shorts<\/strong>. Lewis reports that, in one exception, Bankman-Fried decided to wear a suit for his meeting with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, but he neglected to clean it, leaving him with a disheveled, wrinkled suit to meet one of the US\u2019s most important politicians.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Bankman-Fried\u2019s disregard for his appearance is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gqindia.com\/get-smart\/content\/why-billionaires-dont-buy-expensive-clothes-and-what-they-do-instead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fairly common among billionaires<\/a>, according to fashion experts. Mark Zuckerberg, for example, typically wears jeans and a gray t-shirt each day because it allows him to make one fewer decision. In a similar vein, Bill Gates reportedly prefers functional clothing\u2014like button-downs and chinos\u2014because he believes that spending lavishly on designer clothes is a waste of his money.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bankman-fried-s-loneliness-in-childhood-and-adulthood\">Bankman-Fried\u2019s Loneliness in Childhood and Adulthood<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis suggests that, because Bankman-Fried didn\u2019t adhere to social norms, he experienced chronic loneliness in childhood and adulthood. As a child, for instance, Bankman-Fried had only one friend, with whom he mostly played <em>Magic: The Gathering<\/em>. Bankman-Fried\u2019s only brother, Gabe, reported that they weren\u2019t close as children\u2014he viewed Sam as more of a fellow tenant than a brother. Moreover, Bankman-Fried\u2019s loneliness as a child persisted into adulthood: Lewis notes that, in Bankman-Fried\u2019s private journal as an adult, he confessed feeling as if no one understood him or was interested in him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Those who suffer from loneliness often feel <em>more isolated<\/em> when they\u2019re around other people because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.understood.org\/en\/articles\/how-loneliness-can-impact-kids-who-learn-and-think-differently\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">these other people don\u2019t understand or relate to them<\/a>. So, while Bankman-Fried would later become surrounded by his coworkers at FTX and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/sam-bankman-fried-alameda-research\/\">Alameda Research<\/a>, in addition to constantly fielding interviews from reporters, it\u2019s possible that his stardom exacerbated his loneliness by underscoring how few people truly understood him.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many childhood friends did Sam Bankman-Fried have? On what rare occasion did he wear a suit? In his recent biography Going Infinite, Michael Lewis provides a rare glimpse into the inner workings of Sam Bankman-Fried\u2019s life. Lewis writes about the time before Bankman-Fried became a crypto mogul, explaining why he spent his life as a social outcast. 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