# Sam Altman May Control Our Future by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Sam Altman May Control Our Future by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Praised as careful reporting that digs up pertinent facts for a CEO role. Caveats: it sits behind a paywall, and critics call it one-sided.

## Why people recommend it

- Careful, pertinent reporting on Altman (3 comments): "its just a standard ceo profile piece that digs out pretty pertinent things for a ceo role" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47712760)) "I got the impression that it was careful in its reporting and by no means one-sided." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47726413)) "I thought Ronan Farrow's investigate essay answered that pretty satisfactorily?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48262750))

## What people warn about

- Paywalled, needs a subscription (1 comments): "I'm not going to pay for yet another subscription to access one article I'm interested in." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47667422))
- One-sided, lacks anything positive (1 comments): "Your report is mukraking, it doesn't include anything positive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47672758))
- Reads as damage control (1 comments): "This is a damage control piece" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47668362))
- Only a standard CEO profile (1 comments): "its just a standard ceo profile piece that digs out pretty pertinent things for a ceo role" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47712760))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Sam Altman May Control Our Future by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz", https://hackerapproved.com/p/new-yorker-article-on-sam-altman/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).