There probably is some tethering to whatever his perspective is at the time. At some point, YC was a relatively new idea coming to life and he was probably cons

There probably is some tethering to whatever his perspective is at the time. At some point, YC was a relatively new idea coming to life and he was probably constantly thinking a certain way. Now, it's something that he's been up to for decades. That said, I think there's more of a zeitgeist change than actual change in pg's content. Things sound different 10-15 years apart. A lot of things age poorly, often: idealism, stand up comedy... most anything avante garde-ish. Clever people spoke highly of agile,for example, when it was manifestos and such circa 2005.