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I think this makes sense strategically for multiple reasons: - YC would undoubtedly like to ensure there are no barriers to immigrant founded startups that the

I think this makes sense strategically for multiple reasons: - YC would undoubtedly like to ensure there are no barriers to immigrant founded startups that they would like to invest in - ensuring that there are fewer barriers to employment by immigrants in invested startups - generally trying to build a better more open world (which is in line with the UBI initiative [0] as well as the stated interest in investigating new concepts for city design [1]) [0] - https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/31/y-combinator-announces-basic-income-pilot-experiment-in-oakland/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/31/y-combinator-announces-bas... [1] - https://www.wired.com/2016/07/y-combinators-plan-build-new-city-not-actually-crazy/ https://www.wired.com/2016/07/y-combinators-plan-build-new-c...

ihsw 10y ago
Except diversity-based hiring is no more than farcical politicking, building a better and more open world is an empty slogan, and barriers to employing immigrants are important to prevent the same violent demographic change we have seen in Europe.
- benwad 10y ago
  What violent demographic change have you seen in Europe? I've lived here all my life (London/Amsterdam) and the only people I hear talking about the "terrible state of Europe" are Americans who have never been here.
- anigbrowl 10y ago
  building a better and more open world is an empty slogan You don't speak for me. I favor a world without closed borders where labor can move as freely as capital does and transactional and jurisdictional burdens are coordinated so as to be minimal. I'm very impressed by the EU's Schengen agreement permitting free movement between all EU states, and I doubt any Americans would favor interstate border restrictions despite the sometimes huge differences between individual states. You're welcome to hold a different opinion, but that's all it is.

ihsw 10y ago

Except diversity-based hiring is no more than farcical politicking, building a better and more open world is an empty slogan, and barriers to employing immigrants are important to prevent the same violent demographic change we have seen in Europe.

benwad 10y ago
What violent demographic change have you seen in Europe? I've lived here all my life (London/Amsterdam) and the only people I hear talking about the "terrible state of Europe" are Americans who have never been here.
anigbrowl 10y ago
building a better and more open world is an empty slogan You don't speak for me. I favor a world without closed borders where labor can move as freely as capital does and transactional and jurisdictional burdens are coordinated so as to be minimal. I'm very impressed by the EU's Schengen agreement permitting free movement between all EU states, and I doubt any Americans would favor interstate border restrictions despite the sometimes huge differences between individual states. You're welcome to hold a different opinion, but that's all it is.