Odes on Tender Specie(s) Vol II: Paper Faith · Track 36 · middle
FTX (Sam in Pajamas)
The image: Sam Bankman-Fried in pajama pants on Zoom calls with senators. Effective altruism as performance. The Patagonia vest as cult uniform. Ludo dances on the image, sneering.
Lyrics
Connecting... From the Albany Resort... November 2022. Are you... are you comfortable? Got your mid-tier Patagonia vest on It's the uniform, right? For the con For the TED Talk cult, the boys with the mission Sleeping on a beanbag, what a brilliant fiction Selling us the story of the messy-haired king While you're playing League of Legends and not listening Just another genius who's too pure for a suit While the server fans hum and you're counting the loot Sam in pajamas on a Zoom call with Congress Talking 'bout the good you can do, what a hot mess Yeah, Sam in pajamas, with the future of finance Giving us your best "oops, sorry" little sad dance It's called Effective Altruism, babe When you lose twelve billion in your sleep, maybe The humidity's sticking to the windows in Nassau But you look so cool, so calm, behind the paywall Talking to the staffers in their starched D.C. collars While you're rocking flannel bottoms for your missing billion dollars Was it a good game? Did your team even win? When you toggled back the window and the world caved in? This isn't disruption, it's a trust fund tantrum Holding the whole world for a billionaire's ransom Sam in pajamas on a Zoom call with Congress Talking 'bout the good you can do, what a hot mess Yeah, Sam in pajamas, with the future of finance Giving us your best "oops, sorry" little sad dance It's called Effective Altruism, babe When you lose twelve billion in your sleep, maybe "How to do the most good." I heard you say the words. Is this it? Is this good? A portfolio of absurd. The king has no clothes, just... Just some very expensive pajamas. Yeah. Just some very expensive drama. Sam in pajamas on a Zoom call with Congress Talking 'bout the good you can do, what a hot mess Yeah, Sam in pajamas, with the future of finance Giving us your best "oops, sorry" little sad dance It's called Effective Altruism, babe When you lose twelve billion in your sleep, maybe In your sleep... maybe... In your sleep... maybe... Connection lost.