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Peter Thiel isn't arguing for startups here, but arguing against the idea that the world is just coin flips and some people randomly end up with 10 heads. So yo
by backpropaganda 9y ago
Peter Thiel isn't arguing for startups here, but arguing against the idea that the world is just coin flips and some people randomly end up with 10 heads. So your comment is mostly ad hominem.
- jacquesm 9y agoHe can only argue for that with a platform because he ended up with 10 heads. So no, it is not an ad hominem, it goes for anybody in that position, but also for Peter Thiel. What's the last time you met a poor person giving seminars on the world not just being coinflips? You can improve the odds by hard work and trying to grasp whatever opportunities come your way. But it would be a terrible mistake to assume that that would lead to a specific outcome given the number of hidden variables.
- vixen99 9y agoPoor people, focusing on survival, don't have the time and wherewithal to give seminars.
- jacquesm 9y agoI hear giving seminars pay really well. Do those poor people have time enough to go to those seminars as audience?
- alejohausner 9y ago> What's the last time you met a poor person giving seminars on the world not just being coinflips? Well said. I think I'll add this to my .sig .
- acdha 9y agoIn addition to jacquesm's debunking this claim, it's important remember that in addition to having been extremely lucky himself, Thiel isn't some retired bystander but rather someone with significant business interests based on a continued stream of talented people trying the startup lottery. A VC is about as far from a neutral voice on this topic as it's possible to get.
- kerbalspacepro 9y agoI think you're misusing ad hominem.