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Powerful and influential people never like to get negative or critical press coverage, but it comes with the job. The only thing that surprised me was the almos
by santoshalper 6y ago
Powerful and influential people never like to get negative or critical press coverage, but it comes with the job. The only thing that surprised me was the almost Trumpian level of sensitivity Scott Alexander demonstrated when he got his first bad press. As a semi-frequent codex reader, I have been super disappointed.
- npsimons 6y agoI'm not going to defend his actions, and I won't claim I would have done any better, but I can empathize with the feeling. When you are called out, even when you are clearly in the wrong, your first reaction is defensiveness. I know, I've been there. It's tough addressing one's own issues, but it's the right thing to do, and do it in the most emotionless manner possible. You are right it comes with the job; but I think the first time it happens at a scale one is not used to is a very hard inflection point that can make or break how one grows (or doesn't!) from that point forward. "Fail fast" shouldn't be a mantra simply for startups.