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Ben's analysis is fine. It's not really relevant to the big picture imo. Andreesen needed to do more than just call for action in his blog post. He should have
by gkanai 7y ago
Ben's analysis is fine. It's not really relevant to the big picture imo.
Andreesen needed to do more than just call for action in his blog post. He should have committed his own funds towards the goals he is calling for. Gates is doing a lot via his foundation. Dorsey is committing a significant portion of his net worth towards goals Dorsey wants. Without something more than a blog post, it's just a blog post.
This virus won't be defeated by 'software' in the Silicon Valley sense. It will be defeated by vaccines. So help the labs create and distribute a vaccine. Or if that's too short-term, look at any of the problems that this pandemic has laid bare- there's lots to fix that is not VC-funded startups.
- MattGaiser 7y ago> Andreesen needed to do more than just call for action in his blog post. He should have committed his own funds towards the goals he is calling for. That was the part I found frustrating about his original post. He talks of the need to build and the need to push people to build, but when he is one of the 1000 most capable people of building in North America (between his past experience building, his vast network, and his billionaire level of wealth), he prefers to sit back, sit on plenty of corporate boards, and wait for solutions to walk in the door.