Watching the Netflix Fyre documentary and amazed at how much high quality source footage there is from the run-up to it
Like they were filming it all for a triumphant making-of documentary after a successful event
Thought #Fyre was very good. Interesting to see how it framed McFarland as an avaricious fraudster out to swindle, and gives no consideration that he imagined it would be a success
Reminded a bit of the Anna Delvey case. Another person who thought they could push the envelope, engage in increasingly risky frauds until they actually make it big, and come out ahead in the long run thecut.com/2018/05/how-an…
So what if you fiddle the books for your startup's first few years? Get traction, milk publicity and eventually you'll land that big IPO. You can afford to fix your indiscretions then. McFarland had the charm and confidence to convince himself and others he could do it
Final thought on #Fyre - it was noticeable how most of the employees who spoke were junior. Those senior and more close to him, who had the experience to realise the scam that was being pulled, were conspicuous by their absence
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