<story><title>Levandowski sentenced to 18 months in prison as new lawsuit against Uber filed</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/04/anthony-levandowski-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-as-new-4b-lawsuit-against-uber-is-filed</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>illustriousbear</author><text>People in the security industry have told me that this sort of thing often comes down to ego and self-importance.&lt;p&gt;In Intelligence, people have been caught selling state secrets for 10-20k a pop. The kind of secrets that can land you decades in jail. It makes no sense from a monetary standpoint.</text></item><item><author>w0mbat</author><text>This guy had such a sweet deal at Google originally, it staggers me that he&amp;#x27;d go to these lengths to steal even more.&lt;p&gt;He was getting a massive salarY, bonuses in the millions, and he had persuaded Google to pay him even more money through a side-hustle company of his while remaining an employee. Then he quits and steals their stuff.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sn41</author><text>This phenomenon has been known from ancient times. A slighted ego is a powerful incentive to turn to the other side. For example, in the ancient Indian work on statecraft, the Arthashastra, Chanakya lists the kind of personalities who can become spies: See Chapter XIV of the Arthashastra:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikisource.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Arthashastra&amp;#x2F;Book_I&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikisource.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Arthashastra&amp;#x2F;Book_I&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Levandowski sentenced to 18 months in prison as new lawsuit against Uber filed</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/04/anthony-levandowski-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-as-new-4b-lawsuit-against-uber-is-filed</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>illustriousbear</author><text>People in the security industry have told me that this sort of thing often comes down to ego and self-importance.&lt;p&gt;In Intelligence, people have been caught selling state secrets for 10-20k a pop. The kind of secrets that can land you decades in jail. It makes no sense from a monetary standpoint.</text></item><item><author>w0mbat</author><text>This guy had such a sweet deal at Google originally, it staggers me that he&amp;#x27;d go to these lengths to steal even more.&lt;p&gt;He was getting a massive salarY, bonuses in the millions, and he had persuaded Google to pay him even more money through a side-hustle company of his while remaining an employee. Then he quits and steals their stuff.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ahmedalsudani</author><text>One contrast I can think of between people in intelligence and Levandowski is tens of millions of dollars in pay... which actually causes me to agree with you. It seems mostly guided by an overinflated ego and a sense of invincibility.&lt;p&gt;Gotta remember not to drink your own Kool-Aid ;)</text></comment>