The 'Caroline Ellison / Worldoptimization' meme centers around the former CEO of Alameda Research and her now-deleted Tumblr blog, 'worldoptimization.' After the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange in late 2022, internet sleuths unearthed her blog posts, which discussed controversial topics ranging from 'Effective Altruism' to polyamory and the use of 'elementary school math' in high-level financial trading. The meme typically utilizes her portrait or screenshots of her eccentric writings to satirize the hubris of the crypto industry and the bizarre intersection of nerd culture and massive corporate fraud. It has become a staple for social media commentary on the absurdity of the FTX scandal and the pseudo-intellectualism often found in Silicon Valley circles.