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Perfectly legitimate answer. Most importantly you're wasting pg's time w/ that question, but also important you're wasting other people's time who are interest
by datashovel 11y ago
Perfectly legitimate answer. Most importantly you're wasting pg's time w/ that question, but also important you're wasting other people's time who are interested in learning about startups, not about economics.
- LouisSayers 11y agoIMO, It's totally a fine question to give - I do believe however that the gripe was against the assumed intent of the questioner, but then, is it fair to assume one's intent in a situation like this? The answer was a good one and informative - startups are companies, and to ignore the economics involved would be a huge mistake. History does repeat itself, and so it's important to understand the difference between now and the 90's.
- datashovel 11y agoWhen you really get to the meat and potatoes of that question, should anyone reasonably assume anyone knows with any certainty what the answer to that question is? What are the chances the questioner (had they really thought it through ahead of time) didn't already know he didn't know the answer to that question?
- datashovel 11y agoOh, and not to mention, imagine if he had actually tried to answer that question? Next day headline in newspaper "Paul Graham doesn't think we're in a tech bubble". Or if he did, "Paul Graham thinks we're in a tech bubble". It's a lose-lose anyway you look at it.