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This article reads like fiction with its emphasis on providing an exodus narrative, but this point stood out to me. >San Francisco had four times as many death
by natrik 6y ago
This article reads like fiction with its emphasis on providing an exodus narrative, but this point stood out to me.
>San Francisco had four times as many deaths from overdose this year as it did from the COVID-19 virus.
- hangonhn 6y agoI had the same reaction. It's nicely written but I don't know why I should believe its narrative anymore than any other ones. While the quote you cited sounds impactful, I don't understand the point of comparing those two numbers nor what inferences I should draw from it or how it makes this narrative more true than another. In the end, the piece just feels vacuous. It feels like a cheap imitation of some of PG's writings.
- dannyw 6y agoIf PG put his name in the byline, would you appreciate the piece more?
- hangonhn 6y agoNo. Why would that matter? My issue isn't who wrote it but rather its lack of any good arguments. It presents a narrative that the author tries to tie in with a Biblical story, which seems really superfluous and makes the whole piece feel very bombastic. PG's writings tend to be very "compact" and dense. The reason the comparison came to mind is that both writers are VCs and are talking about general trends in SV. Could be that I just prefer a certain style of writing.