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That's fair. Legend is Sam was the guy applying to YC at 17 with "I am Sam Altman and I am coming"

So yeah. Naked ambition. They're both just creaming their pants for power.

“College” is underselling it. He went to Harvard. He sold a friendly down to the earth image early one and people bought it. But don’t forget he went to Harvard.

People change, even from horny college nerd into altruistic missionary into oligarch. And even beyond.

Or it turns out that people don't change, as explored in the entirely fictitious but very enjoyable film The Social Network. All those steps, even the horny college nerd, were facades, and the real core of his character is naked ambition. He will warp himself into any shape in order to pursue wealth and power. To paraphrase Robert Caro, power does not corrupt, it reveals.