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There's a certain irony here given that his massive wealth is because of VCs and his involvement with them (read: designing a product whose focus was returning
by jjulius 5y ago
There's a certain irony here given that his massive wealth is because of VCs and his involvement with them (read: designing a product whose focus was returning gains on their investment) on Web 2.0.
I don't disagree with the point he's making here, and I'll acquiesce that his involvement with VCs/Web 2.0 gives him a unique perspective, but I just don't want to hear from someone who absolutely has been a huge part of the problem for the last decade or more.
- saurik 5y agoBut is he claiming anywhere that Web 2.0 was not like that? Like, I see this as "you are no better than I: I can see through your facade because you are just doing what we did, despite claiming otherwise".
- cam0 5y agoI think the same should be said of Chris Dixon / a16z / pretty much every VC-turned-cryptoEnthusiast. I hate hearing them talk about making things better for people in 3rd world countries and helping starving artists - it's all a joke. These guys have raised billions of dollars from some of the wealthiest and most powerful institutions and families to invest in this "decentralized future", and certainly not to help 3rd world citizens and artists.
- ChainOfFools 5y agoexactly. people who have made an identity and a fortune from concentrating wealth and influence around themselves have absolutely no interest in "decentralizing" it. decentralization is for thee and not for me
- dcl 5y agoChris Dixon (https://twitter.com/cdixon https://twitter.com/cdixon) posts some particularly outrageous and as far as I'm concerned, disingenuous comments on this topic. I would be ashamed to be associated with him.
- CryptoPunk 5y agoI don't see the evidence of him being disingenuous..
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- otterley 5y agoRejecting feedback and input from people who have direct experience in a relevant matter doesn’t seem very wise to me.