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Okay, I’ll take the bait. As someone with direct experience with the topic at hand, who has worked with / remains friends with people with direct experience reg

by numair 6y ago

Okay, I’ll take the bait. As someone with direct experience with the topic at hand, who has worked with / remains friends with people with direct experience regarding the subject of this conversation, I can say that many of the assertions of the parent ring true to me. And, in fact, the stuff you don’t know is even worse.

remarkEon 6y ago
What does this have to do with what he said? Steve Jobs, the example that always gets invoked here, was a horrible human being. Did that make him wrong? No, it didn't, it made him an asshole. And Chamath being an asshole doesn't make him wrong here either. Is Chamath Steve Jobs? No, but who cares. I found what he said interesting, and probably right in ways that make people uncomfortable. Which probably explains why folks are bringing up his love life.
- chii 6y ago
  > Which probably explains why folks are bringing up his love life. yep - people here wants those who are virtuous to be more successful than those who aren't. 'cept in real life, there's no correlation, and logically there wouldn't be. In fact, the more of an asshole you are, the more likely you'd be able to take advantage of people to succeed.
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aaron695 6y ago
Adults will go to HN articles on Chamath Palihapitiya the person to discuss these issues. The actual problem as hinted, is it gets upvoted. It's how Twitter has become the toxic mess it is devaluing actual content. To grow people need to go through this stage, but it's hard to know were they can do it. Like an off topic tag. The comment "The guy is a stock promoter through and through" was an interesting accusation and on topic, but it's lost now.
_kyran 6y ago
I'll bite, what happened? Something seems a little off lately with the sudden uptick in PR/guest interviewing/attention seeking behaviour as of late.
- e9 6y ago
  https://www.chamathforca.com/ https://www.chamathforca.com/

by numair 6y ago

remarkEon 6y ago

What does this have to do with what he said? Steve Jobs, the example that always gets invoked here, was a horrible human being. Did that make him wrong? No, it didn't, it made him an asshole. And Chamath being an asshole doesn't make him wrong here either. Is Chamath Steve Jobs? No, but who cares. I found what he said interesting, and probably right in ways that make people uncomfortable. Which probably explains why folks are bringing up his love life.

chii 6y ago
> Which probably explains why folks are bringing up his love life. yep - people here wants those who are virtuous to be more successful than those who aren't. 'cept in real life, there's no correlation, and logically there wouldn't be. In fact, the more of an asshole you are, the more likely you'd be able to take advantage of people to succeed.

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aaron695 6y ago

Adults will go to HN articles on Chamath Palihapitiya the person to discuss these issues. The actual problem as hinted, is it gets upvoted. It's how Twitter has become the toxic mess it is devaluing actual content. To grow people need to go through this stage, but it's hard to know were they can do it. Like an off topic tag. The comment "The guy is a stock promoter through and through" was an interesting accusation and on topic, but it's lost now.

_kyran 6y ago

I'll bite, what happened? Something seems a little off lately with the sudden uptick in PR/guest interviewing/attention seeking behaviour as of late.

e9 6y ago
https://www.chamathforca.com/ https://www.chamathforca.com/