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"A monstrous take"- seems a bit hyperbolic. We are on a pro-entrepreneurship site afterall. I'm not the above poster, so I don't know what the poster really me
by coupdejarnac 7y ago
"A monstrous take"- seems a bit hyperbolic. We are on a pro-entrepreneurship site afterall. I'm not the above poster, so I don't know what the poster really means, but I would guess that sacrificing yourself to the collective when you fail means you become a Harvard Business School case study or something similar. Something new was attempted, lessons were learned.
- eropple 7y agoUncritically pushing into risky (and often self-destructive) behaviors people who are largely incapable of adequately assessing that risk--that is cruelty. Defending criticism of that cruelty with sneers about never-done-it and journalists, amirite is monstrous.
- kranner 7y agoUsing terms like 'sacrifice' and 'collective' seems hyperbolic as well. Sacrifice implies willingly offering oneself for the good of others. A collective implies others chipping in to mitigate a member's failure.
- redis_mlc 7y ago> "A monstrous take"- seems a bit hyperbolic. No, it's not. You might find this hard to believe, but people can be very impressionable to advice. Here's an actual conversation I had with a young engineer: Me: "So how was your trip to Asia working as a software nomad?" Young Engineer: "I spent all my money and derailed my career. That was stupid and I'll never do it again. I shouldn't have listened to HN." Happy?
- goatinaboat 7y agoI would guess that sacrificing yourself to the collective when you fail means you become a Harvard Business School case study or something similar The collective is code for the partners of the VC fund. Their business is to persuade sufficient people to take risks with their careers and even health, so that the numbers work out. Those that fail are the “sacrifices”.