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HN has a disproportionate amount of people trying to snipe "survivorship bias!" whenever someone does start a company, is successful, and wants to share what wo
by troughway 7y ago
HN has a disproportionate amount of people trying to snipe "survivorship bias!" whenever someone does start a company, is successful, and wants to share what worked for them (much like what pg is doing in this post).
Why are these people here, I will never know.
- meatmanek 7y agoIt is possible for someone to simultaneously be interested in starting up a company and also recognize / call out logical fallacies.
- pfranz 7y ago"Eat yogurt for breakfast and you will be a successful lawyer" is survivorship bias, which I think is fine to call out an ignore. "Reach out to all of your rich friends and family" is privilege, which I think is also fine to call out but shouldn't completely be ignored. Your individual "privilege" might be from participating in a veteran's group or knowing someone with special needs. Something that puts you in a unique position to address a problem better than others have. Having money is one of the most generic forms of privilege, so offering insight to when and how to best use it is useful.