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> A bubble is an objectively irrational shared belief in a better potential future … An objectively irrational bubble is generally akin to a ponzi scheme, whe
by 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y ago
> A bubble is an objectively irrational shared belief in a better potential future …
An objectively irrational bubble is generally akin to a ponzi scheme, where everyone hopes someone else is left holding the bag. Phrasing it as a bunch of people who just believe in a better future is an extreme enough euphemism I'd expect to see it in a Silicon Valley parody.
- dang 5y ago"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y agoI just edited it. Acceptable?
- dang 5y agoIt's certainly better but the swipe at the end seems completely gratuitous to me, and breaks the HN guideline against snark. Moreover, you're still breaking this site guideline: "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize." The author is not saying anything as stupid as "it's a bunch of people who just believe in a better future", and reducing other people's statements to stupid statements is a trope of poor internet comments.
- danielmarkbruce 5y agoActually, the author is doing something very close to that.They have redefined a reasonably well-defined term in a disingenuous way and then taken that as a given for the rest of the article. You can see several people point this out. This very thing - redefining terms to fit an agenda or argument - is often used in political arguments. It's destructive.