User Grills Roon: Why Not Leave OpenAI and Break Every NDA—Would You Lose Your Life?
ryunuck · x · 2026-10-23
In a debate sparked by the claim that millenarianism (belief in imminent total social transformation) is a known way people go crazy, Roon countered that "the end of the world" is a highly convergent belief appearing in every generation—one that arguably keeps people sane by giving purpose and clear next steps in a complex world.
A user then pressed him: why not leave OpenAI, post a 30,000-word essay disclosing everything he knows, breaking every NDA—and do you believe you would lose your life for it, yes or no? The exchange highlights ongoing tension inside the AGI community between secrecy obligations and doom narratives.
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