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Hard to think of any other individual who has made as large an impact on the global economy in the 21st century, in addition to opening up the playing field for
by projectileboy 11y ago
Hard to think of any other individual who has made as large an impact on the global economy in the 21st century, in addition to opening up the playing field for women. Kudos.
- n72 11y agoThis statement seems, at first blush, absolutely absurd to me. Can you make a case for it?
- reviseddamage 11y agotake a break.
- projectileboy 11y agoGeez, I didn't mean to get everyone so worked up, but I was semi-serious. The impact of YC is going to be written about 100 years from now. There's a good chance that no individual company will be considered to have had the same impact.
- n72 11y agoOne, you said individual, not YC. Two, think of the handful of companies being written about from circa 1916. You really want to claim YC will have that kind of stature?
- projectileboy 11y agoPaul Graham and others have stated that Jessica was perhaps the main driving force behind YC. In 10 years, YC has produced multiple multi-billion dollar corporations, and it's only just getting started. Once we start seeing power companies, aircraft companies and more, then... Yes, I think YC will be judged in the future to have had the single biggest impact on the economy, at least of any company, in the first half of the 21st century.
- n72 11y agoYou're basing your case that JL was the mastermind behind YC on a "was perhaps"?
- projectileboy 11y agoI hope you have a better day on the internet tomorrow.
- n72 11y agoHey thanks! And I hope you find a cure for your miopia!
- dang 11y agoIt's bad enough that you prosecuted a nitpicking argument to the point of hounding, but adding personal insults takes this way over the line. Please don't do this again.
- n72 11y agoOkay, it would have been prudent to not bother with the "was perhaps" rebuttal. But the initial comment was par for the HN course and then a regular back-and-forth took place. Again, par for the HN course. And then there was an ad hominem directed at me. To which I foolishly responded. Yet I'm the one that gets chastised? You sure this doesn't have anything to do with the side I was taking in the argument?
- balls187 11y ago> Hard to think of any other individual who has made as large an impact on the global economy in the 21st century How about Jeff Bezos (AWS certainly powers more startups that YC)? or Steve Jobs (Mobile)? or Ryan Dahl (nodejs)?
- davidw 11y agoOn a recent comment thread, I talked about how rankings are inherently zero-sum - there can only be one at the top. A non zero-sum way of saying things might just be to thank JL for all the great work she's done, huge impact she's had, and so on. No arguments about 'the top person'.
- neurotech1 11y agoI have huge respect for jl but there is a significant number of senior executives who have a huge influence on the global economy in the 21st century. Gwynne Shotwell would be a good example. She is the President & COO of SpaceX, that is actively significantly reducing the cost of launching satellites, and working on global internet access. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynne_Shotwell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynne_Shotwell