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A tribe would be synonymous to an individual start-up. "A network of people that help one another" would be an entirely self-forming group or collective of gro
by citizenkeys 16y ago
A tribe would be synonymous to an individual start-up. "A network of people that help one another" would be an entirely self-forming group or collective of groups. What makes communism distinct is that there's a central organization directing the economics.
To use the old "steak and potatoes" analogy, if one person specializes in steak and the other in potatoes, there's capitalist efficiency there. But if there's a third-party saying "you with the steaks: you'll get those from this particular guy with potatoes. and you with the potatoes: vice versa.", that's when there's potential communist undertones.
Not that I have a problem with communism: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1926047 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1926047
- mlinsey 16y agoAdvice and a little bit of seed capital does not constitute "a central organization directing the economics." I think your conception of what YC does for accepted companies is pretty far from reality.
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- citizenkeys 16y agoYC provides a lot more than "advice and a little bit of seed capital". There's certainly network effects going on when you have over 200 start-ups, each with a specific niche.
- answerly 16y ago>>But if there's a third-party saying "you with the steaks: you'll get those from this particular guy with potatoes. and you with the potatoes: vice versa." That doesn't happen. YC is more like a university alumni association. They foster communication between companies through events, mailing lists, introductions, etc. But, each company makes decisions independent of the larger group.
- citizenkeys 16y agoI really meant the original posting to be light-hearted.