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So he's never been a partner and doesn't work "very closely with the companies." Yet he's still affiliated with YC? Actions speak louder than words: drop him o
by tabeth 10y ago
So he's never been a partner and doesn't work "very closely with the companies." Yet he's still affiliated with YC?
Actions speak louder than words: drop him or acknowledge that YC at some level acknowledges his views (this isn't bad, or good, just something that should be done in my view).
Even something as simple as "we acknowledge that people have differing political views, yadda yadda... would be sufficient).
Why say anything about him? Well, clearly he's the elephant in the room. They should acknowledge this and move on.
- revoltingx 10y agoWhy? Seems unfair to ban someone over their political views. Specially when they're from the winning party. He was right to bet on Trump, if anything I'd want him closer.
- rory096 10y agoFYI, your account has been dead for 2272 days.
- burkaman 10y agoSam Altman did acknowledge his views on behalf of YC in everyone's favorite format, a long series of tweets: https://twitter.com/sama/status/787833897132232704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/sama/status/787833897132232704?ref_src=t... He addressed it again in a blog post: http://blog.samaltman.com/the-2016-election http://blog.samaltman.com/the-2016-election
- a_j_c 10y ago> Even something as simple as "we acknowledge that people have differing political views, yadda yadda... would be sufficient). Why do they need to publicly admit the obvious? What is the angle here?
- tabeth 10y agoIt's obvious that Thiel supports an individual that contradicts many of YC's own goals and interests?
- a_j_c 10y agoOkay...So what? Now they need to explicitly state that so "liberals" on HN will be appeased?
- CalChris 10y agoYour account was created 30 days ago. You've described yourself as a liberal just not a Dem apologist. Can you please keep your origin story straight for the next 30 days?
- a_j_c 10y ago> "Your account was created 30 days ago." True. Nice observation. > "You've described yourself as a liberal just not a Dem apologist. Can you please keep your origin story straight for the next 30 day" I'm not sure what you mean by this...what is the "origin story" you speak of that you apparently know so much about? I haven't contradicted myself about it.
- ebcode 10y agoThiel is a "part-time partner" according to this: http://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter/ http://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter/
- joezydeco 10y agoAnd, according to the New Zealand government, he's a part-time American citizen.
- vegabook 10y agoThe government is an enormously rich potential source of revenue for any company or investor. Unless Trump burns out, Thiel is probably now the most powerful financier in tech. Which sane businessperson wants to make an explicit enemy out of him? That explains a lot of the ambiguity. Follow the money. Please don't bet on investors (including YC) putting any political misgivings ahead of P&L in their hierarchy of concerns.
- ryandamm 10y agoI do [want to make an enemy of him]. (Though to be fair, I'm not nearly important enough to matter.) Seriously though, investment is a form of partnership. Thiel has diminished his stature as an investor in my eyes, government access or not; I will never -- now or in the future -- accept money from a Thiel-backed fund. YMMV. [Edited to reflect a phrase I thought I was responding to, but was either misread or edited later...]
- vegabook 10y agoquote restored for you ;-)