This whole Sam Altman saga over at Open AI/Microsoft has really tugged on the heartstrings.
That’s a 96% loyalty rate!
Brings a tear to the eye.
Now pack your fish tanks and dust off those resumes!
Clearly that won’t happen given that he owns the company himself.
But hypothetically, if Barstool had a board?
(Does Barstool have a board?)
And that board thought to tell Dave he was no longer fit to rule?
You’re goddamn right I’d be marching out that door hot on his heels.
“Where to, boss?”
I’d query, ready for our next adventure.
But where to, exactly?
What’s next for us?
I suppose Dave and I hadn’t thought that far ahead.
I see us heading for lunch first to discuss ideas.
Everyone knows that new futures are best manifested over tuna sandwiches and steamy bowls of soup.
Any diner will do, as we’re on a budget now.
We’ll go through his rolodex and mine to test the waters.
The key is not to jump at the first opportunity.
But maybe we’ve been too cautious; maybe the chip on our shoulders has set us back.
For now, only a few months in, the doubts start to take seed.
It’s natural in this desolate landscape, but we don’t have that perspective yet.
Mornings are chillyliterally and figurativelyas we’ve cut back on heat to save on our utility bills.
Pretty soon, we aren’t even saying goodbye in the evenings.
I take a minute to respond, gathering my thoughts.
“I was just catching up with some friends,” I defer.
“Not what I heard,” he says, biting down on a mouthful of stale chips.
“Oh yeah?”
I turn to face him now.
“Whatexactlydid you hear?”
This has been a long time coming.
“We are fucked!”
“I followed you to the end of the earth.
And we found it!”
I fight back tears.
“I told you, the night is darkest before the dawn!”
“I justI just don’t know anymore,” I say, looking away.
My face burns with shame.
That’s it?"
“Fine,” he finishes.
He closes his laptop, coils his computer charger, shoulders his bag, and heads out.
I turn back to my game of minesweeper but the numbers blur and I hit a mine.
Apparently Microsoft has said it would be willing to hire every single employee who wants to come over.
Sam Altman must have quite a brain.
Picking up notes of Natalie Portman and Queen Rania of Jordan.
Fall in love like you read about:
