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"You really should let this go. People have already made up their minds about facebook, and who created it, and where the ideas came from. Even if those people
by bbq 15y ago
"You really should let this go. People have already made up their minds about facebook, and who created it, and where the ideas came from.
Even if those people are wrong, it doesn't matter. They've already decided."
Is it just me or is this the completely wrong attitude to take towards history?
- blhack 15y agoTowards history? I'm talking about this one very specific situation. You're also taking those lines out of context. I'm saying that he is hurting his reputation because things like comments in a hn thread aren't going to change peoples' minds.
- bbq 15y ago"Towards history? I'm talking one this one very specific situation." Have you ever read a (U.S.) high school history textbook? They bring a similarly simplifying tone to the thousands of singular specific situations in the past and it does everyone a disservice. "You're also taking those lines out of context." I'm guilty of this, yes. I suppose what it comes down to is that I do not share your line of reasoning; Aaron's reputation is not hurt in my eyes.
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- blhack 15y agoThis isn't a high school history text book, this is a conversation some hackers are having early on a sunday morning.
- bbq 15y agoAll I can say is you're missing the forest for the trees http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2883641 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2883641
- greengarstudios 15y agoHonestly, his comment changed my mind. I hadn't read that "timeline" pdf before. So to me, his comment was very interesting.