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Occam's Razor suggests that PG works with startups because he thinks they're better, not that he thinks they're better because he works with them. He is rich en
by aggieben 19y ago
Occam's Razor suggests that PG works with startups because he thinks they're better, not that he thinks they're better because he works with them. He is rich enough to work on whatever he wants.
Huh? I think you'd have to know pg pretty darn well before being able to apply Occam's Razor to the logic of his preferences. It seems perfectly reasonable to me to think that pg works with startups because he thinks they'd be better because he works with them.
It also seems to me that might be a distinction between work and play: you work on the things you work on to make them better, you play with the things you play with because they are better.
Lastly, if you think startups are better, and that you can make them better by working with them, then it seems like the perfect combination of work and play (read: passion), and Occam's Razor isn't needed.
- asdflkj 19y agoIt seems perfectly reasonable to me to think that pg works with startups because he thinks they'd be better because he works with them. You know what else would be better if PG worked with it? Potholes in the street. So why doesn't PG work with potholes, or any of the infinity of other things he could be working with, and making better? The obvious answer: because he thinks startups are neat, as opposed to potholes, or big companies.
- aggieben 19y agoMy disagreement was directed at your use of Occam's Razor (which didn't even make sense), not on whether pg thinks startups are neat. Clearly, he does.