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As sorry as I am for those who are affected, I just do not see the relevance for this site. People die every day. People in startups die every day. Is this spec

by aw3c2 17y ago

As sorry as I am for those who are affected, I just do not see the relevance for this site. People die every day. People in startups die every day. Is this special because it is in the news, because it was a spectacular death? Actually I find it highly questionable to draw attention to these kinds of incidents.

axod 17y ago
Well despite being a very sad event, it affects many people here - Power is out all over Palo Alto.
- aw3c2 17y ago
  Ah, now I get it. Palo Alto = Silicon Valley. Ok, that explains the attention.
  - jacquesm 17y ago
    And even if that wasn't the case Tesla Motors is followed closely by quite a few people here.
Herring 17y ago
A few days ago, one of the top threads was "Crime in America keeps going down, yet the American public refuses to believe it" It's very much a human thing, getting shocked about relatively small but vivid tragedies.
pyre 17y ago
Aside from the power issues affecting Palo Alto and tragic loss of life, such a story is likely to drum up speculation about how the loss of talent will affect Tesla Motors. Seeing as talking about startups (or just popular businesses) in such a fashion happens a lot on HackerNews, I really don't see this story as out of place.
jmatt 17y ago
It's a car company created in the spirit and likeness of a tech startup by founders who were previously successful tech startup founders. Their upcoming IPO was already evaluated as extremely risky even for an IPO and now they have to deal with this tragedy. I think that it's a combination of all these reasons more than the proximity to silicon valley. If the company were in Germany and in the same situation, I think I'd still be interested in the story and the fallout.