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I see him as among a group of people who believe that financial success gives them both the credibility and authority to dictate the rules of society. It is a
by avs733 8y ago
I see him as among a group of people who believe that financial success gives them both the credibility and authority to dictate the rules of society.
It is a deeply troubling mindset that goes beyond just being 'out of touch'.
- olefoo 8y agoWatch out you are treading perilously close to one of the "things you can't say"[1] in the context of this site. Some people block people on twitter for implying just this sort of thing... 1. http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html
- fnord123 8y ago>Some people block people on twitter Marc Andreesen. olefoo is talking about Marc Andreesen.
- olefoo 8y agoAmong others, perhaps.
- avs733 8y agoWell as someone who (rightly) got their handslapped recently by the downbutton-ers for making arude and snarky post, I'm happy to live in the wisdom of the crowd. There is a difference between a thoughtful opinion that disagrees with conformity and just being snarky about conformists - HN is pretty good about separating. I think this group, amongst all others that I interact with, is critical enough to call a bad faith argument a bad faith argument. However, I think all of us need better training/practice on how to identify bad faith arguments. I see the turn that has been occurring on HN against Elon as one example of that. It may take time but it happens. Compared to other spaces on this here Cyberspace - higher quality and higher s/n ration on argumentation is what keeps me coming back to HN. When people disagree with me here, I actually learn something. Added: My twitter account got blocked because it spent most of it's time autoreplying to people about how the freakonomics podcast became an advertising pitch for the Koch brothers. I only use facebook because my mother prefers it to text. I can't stomach reddit having known the founders as people. My HN account really only exists because someone said a nice thing about a talk I gave - which drew me out of the shadows. I like it here, can I stay? I'll even wear a north face fleece. I drive an EV I promise.
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- cjhopman 8y agoAre you joking? Isn't this entire post saying that he believes that he and his company shouldn't be the ones making these rules? That they should be done via a mix of regulation and trusted third parties?
- Nasrudith 8y agoBut he is still the one trying to dictate the rules given his position and authority - that they should go with his daft idea in the first place.