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> and partly because billionaires get less than zero sympathy if they talk about having difficult lives That quote from the essay reminds me of a Silicon Valle

by krisdol 10y ago

> and partly because billionaires get less than zero sympathy if they talk about having difficult lives That quote from the essay reminds me of a Silicon Valley scene [1] where the CEO of the pseudo-Google company in the show gets vilified (rightfully so in the show) for complaining about how hard billionaires have it in this country. I bet the creator's read PG's essay and were inspired by it. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5zQpN28xa4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5zQpN28xa4

justicezyx 10y ago
I cannot believe that the privileged rich created such shows to disguise their unjustified fortune; and still intelligent people believe these superficial arguments. billionaires == jews? Can something be more wrong?
- corysama 10y ago
  It's not clear to me if you are aware that the video you are commenting on is from a comedy show satirizing Silicon Valley and it's billionaires...
  - mulcahey 10y ago
    Gotta hand it to them for the realism though getting the actual code conference interviewers.
rfrank 10y ago
That scene was inspired by Thomas Perkins' letter to WSJ. http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304549504579316913982034286 http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230454950457...
tdaltonc 10y ago
Or they read the news. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-01-26/kleiner-perkins-shocked-by-co-founder-comment-on-nazis https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-01-26/kleiner-p...
valarauca1 10y ago
Seeing as former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo joined the show as a writer I think this isn't a huge leap.
- rhizome 10y ago
  I don't think he has a writer credit, does he? I thought he was under "script consultant" like Matt Cutts and other industry peeps, who I imagine get calls and say "yeah do that," or "you should include X."
  - hyperbovine 10y ago
    No, he is much more involved than that. http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-silicon-valley-nails-silicon-valley http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-silicon-va...
    - rhizome 10y ago
      I dunno, from what's described it sounds like his input was on par with Andreesen's, except he wanted to be more involved. He's not mentioned after the first third of the article.
bitmapbrother 10y ago
>pseudo-Google company I don't get why people think Hooli is some pseudo-Google company. In the Silicon Valley universe Google clearly exists. Eric Schmidt was in their series premiere and the show's opening intro animation clearly shows Google and YouTube.
- tekklloneer 10y ago
  It's because they probably can't use Google but they wanted a Google. It's a writing device to get around that inconvenient fact.
- noam87 10y ago
  Hooli strikes me as a Google-sized Uber.
- hyperbovine 10y ago
  It's a composite of recognizable bad habits of a bunch of well known companies, including Google.

by krisdol 10y ago

justicezyx 10y ago

I cannot believe that the privileged rich created such shows to disguise their unjustified fortune; and still intelligent people believe these superficial arguments. billionaires == jews? Can something be more wrong?

corysama 10y ago
It's not clear to me if you are aware that the video you are commenting on is from a comedy show satirizing Silicon Valley and it's billionaires...
- mulcahey 10y ago
  Gotta hand it to them for the realism though getting the actual code conference interviewers.

rfrank 10y ago

That scene was inspired by Thomas Perkins' letter to WSJ. http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304549504579316913982034286 http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230454950457...

tdaltonc 10y ago

Or they read the news. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-01-26/kleiner-perkins-shocked-by-co-founder-comment-on-nazis https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-01-26/kleiner-p...

valarauca1 10y ago

Seeing as former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo joined the show as a writer I think this isn't a huge leap.

rhizome 10y ago
I don't think he has a writer credit, does he? I thought he was under "script consultant" like Matt Cutts and other industry peeps, who I imagine get calls and say "yeah do that," or "you should include X."
- hyperbovine 10y ago
  No, he is much more involved than that. http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-silicon-valley-nails-silicon-valley http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-silicon-va...
  - rhizome 10y ago
    I dunno, from what's described it sounds like his input was on par with Andreesen's, except he wanted to be more involved. He's not mentioned after the first third of the article.

bitmapbrother 10y ago

>pseudo-Google company I don't get why people think Hooli is some pseudo-Google company. In the Silicon Valley universe Google clearly exists. Eric Schmidt was in their series premiere and the show's opening intro animation clearly shows Google and YouTube.

tekklloneer 10y ago
It's because they probably can't use Google but they wanted a Google. It's a writing device to get around that inconvenient fact.
noam87 10y ago
Hooli strikes me as a Google-sized Uber.
hyperbovine 10y ago
It's a composite of recognizable bad habits of a bunch of well known companies, including Google.