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Similarly would appreciate links. The only bad stuff I’ve personally seen is really stupid arguments for Capitalism from Graham and Calacanis. Why Calacanis st
by thundergolfer 6y ago
Similarly would appreciate links. The only bad stuff I’ve personally seen is really stupid arguments for Capitalism from Graham and Calacanis.
Why Calacanis still has that embarrassing “reasons people are not rich” tweet pinned is beyond me.
- pl0x 6y agohttps://twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/1278746917590220805 https://twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/1278746917590220805
- ryanwaggoner 6y agoSo these VCs are sexist because they blocked someone I’ve never heard of for an unknown reason? Maybe they are just fragile snowflakes like he implies, but that’s orthogonal to your accusation. Also, blocking anonymous trolls online is wonderful for your sanity. I wish HN had the ability.
- pl0x 6y agoToo bad you won't get funded with your biz op scheme for the cis white males you are defending.
- FriendlyNormie 6y agoSomeone should sew your anus shut and feed you until you explode.
- kwistzhaderach 6y agoSir, this is not a reddit left wing sub.
- lliamander 6y agoAnand did a great thing with tech journalism, but the notion that he, or any journalist, is in any position to gatekeep on who qualifies as a "thinker" is laughably vain. I do not deny that VCs have a bias (an agenda, even) that leads them to predict a future which furthers their own wealth. But corporate media holds considerable cultural power, and to assume members of the corporate media only tell the truth and never act to protect or extend that cultural power is naive (or mendacious). Whatever we may say about capitalists insulating themselves from failure, at some point they still have to put some skin in the game. Your average corporate journalist is arguably more insulated from the consequences of their failure than a typical VC. Edit: I seem to have mistaken this person for Anand formerly of Anandtech. An unforced error on my part. My point about vanity still