He is a prolific poster on HN, whose comments and articles often have pretty good insights.
Yet every time I read about his history, I just ask, why? So many of his choices and risks seem so reckless. Is he truly foolish? Or are we the beneficiaries of hindsight, of stress free decision making, ungrounded in the day-to-day reality of running Amicus?
I think the latter is closer to the truth. Meeting him in real life, I realized he was just as sharp in person as on paper. (Also very good at Catan. Damn you Seth.)
And talking with Seth was one of the conversations that helped me to get started on my business, which should break $200K in sales this year.
From what I know about his current startup investments, I think the headlines will be a lot kinder to him in the years to come.
Seth has ample ambition, and when someone with ambition finds an opportunity they want, but lack the credentials for, they'll fight for it regardless. Seth's mistake was thinking others were the same.