Comment by arzke
18 hours ago
I wonder if the lack of capital letters is a clever trick to make this whole annoucement look more humane and natural. Surely it's intentional: only "U.S" deserves capitals, not even his own name in the signature.
18 hours ago
I wonder if the lack of capital letters is a clever trick to make this whole annoucement look more humane and natural. Surely it's intentional: only "U.S" deserves capitals, not even his own name in the signature.
I don't know, I personally find it kind of disrespectful.
My initial gut reaction was "he can't even be bothered to use his shift-key while dramatically altering 4,000 people's lives?"
It's just too casual for what is happening.
It's just a Shibboleth used by SV types to signal their disdain for convention. Altman is also a fan.
Why does he write i’m at some sentences but i'm at others (different ')?
The 2021 answer would be that he wrote part of this in a basic text editor, and part in a word processor that does “smart quotes”.
The 2026 answer is that an AI wrote some parts.
That’s how Jack writes to everyone (and comms drafts his announcements true to his style)
Yeah somehow this make me instantly dislike him.
its the Black Turtleneck of 2025/2026
That appears to be the preferred writing style of the Epstein class