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This metaphor is actually really spot on. He has on the tiniest of ideas of what he's doing; he might be breaking the law; he's audacious and realized he could
by mabbo 7y ago
This metaphor is actually really spot on.
He has on the tiniest of ideas of what he's doing; he might be breaking the law; he's audacious and realized he could just do it; he wants to be in California because that's where dreams come true; he's probably from an upper middle class white family with parents who didn't pay him enough attention.
And he's doing it all because he wants a status symbol of wealth and prosperity, and someone told him he couldn't.
- lainga 7y agoAnd $3 in seed money.
- mabbo 7y agoDammit, that is the perfect additional detail I forgot.
- est31 7y agoYeah I'm not sure whether people upvote this story because, like you, they are critics of the idea and want to make fun of it or at least highlight the dangers, or because this spirit envokes a truthfully positive association. Probably both, because it gives something to both sides. Personally, I feel that there is a little boy/girl in everyone of us and quite many tech-immigrants to SFBA went there to chase their own Lambo type dreams. This isn't something reprehensible but in fact part of the american fabric (liberty and the pursuit of happiness). But of course the metaphor ends at the absolute danger of the situation the boy is causing. A startup is comparatively safe to what the little guy did.
- Uhhrrr 7y ago"My Incredible Journey"
- ZenPsycho 7y agothis kid really embodies the american spirit: rich white boy doing whatever the fuck he wants without the slightest concern for who he might hurt or kill in the process, all in the delusional pursuit of a meaningless status symbol he has been conned into thinking he can get because of the cultish adherence to the belief it’s the land of equal opportunity despite any and all evidence to the contrary, all while trumpeting about how great he is to anyone who will listen
- defen 7y agoSo, the kid isn't actually white, which makes me wonder if that changes your perspective on things? https://kutv.com/news/local/5-year-old-recounts-being-stopped-by-utah-trooper-after-driving-family-car-on-freeway https://kutv.com/news/local/5-year-old-recounts-being-stoppe...
- ZenPsycho 7y agoDon't ask me, ask Paul Graham if he's white enough to be a startup founder. Seems to be a sliding scale in the USA. Very situational.
- ZenPsycho 7y agoOkay okay, to be fair on Paul, he did pretend to apologise for those remarks.
- someperson 7y agoOut of the loop here. Context?
- ZenPsycho 7y agohttp://www.paulgraham.com/accents.html http://www.paulgraham.com/accents.html
- Aeolun 7y ago> boy doing whatever the fuck he wants without the slightest concern for who he might hurt or kill in the process Honestly, as far as children doing stupid shit like this goes, that describes pretty much all children. It’s not like the thought he might hurt someone ever even entered his mind.
- ZenPsycho 7y agoForgivable for a child, perhaps. but not for a president, or a ceo, or startup founder.
- jakebol 7y agoMoral of the story was that his dreams came true? https://twitter.com/mikeandersonKSL/status/1257778376925802496 https://twitter.com/mikeandersonKSL/status/12577783769258024...
- goldenchrome 7y agoExcept he’s a poor Hispanic kid with a mom who loves him and he wanted to go to California to meet his sister.
- jshevek 7y agoIs this mentioned in another article on this topic? I didn't see that in this article. This article states this as his basic motivation: >“She told him she would not buy him a Lamborghini,” the Highway Patrol said in a tweet. “He decided to take the car and go to California to buy one himself.”
- Someone 7y agoHe’s on video, and you can click through to find his name and even a photo of his family (at https://kutv.com/news/local/5-year-old-recounts-being-stopped-by-utah-trooper-after-driving-family-car-on-freeway https://kutv.com/news/local/5-year-old-recounts-being-stoppe...). Definitely looks more “Hispanic” than “white” to me. Googling his surname also shows (mostly) Hispanics. The photos also don’t scream “upper middle class” to me, but that’s harder to judge.
- randall 7y agoNARRATIVE VIOLATION ALERT I'm actually from Ogden, and I love it so much. The population is probably about 33% hispanic. https://www.ogdencity.com/1466/Demographics https://www.ogdencity.com/1466/Demographics I love hackers like this. So awesome to see.
- jshevek 7y agoI asked about the child's motivation, not his ethnicity.
- hkai 6y agoWhat is the reason that many people, including you, seem to blame white people for everything? It's almost like a reflex. Not to mention that the ethnicity of the person in question in this story is pretty clear from the photographs.