This is an excellent point. I'm with you - I still trust his advice if not for his judgement for the fact that the sample population of startups he's worked wit

This is an excellent point. I'm with you - I still trust his advice if not for his judgement for the fact that the sample population of startups he's worked with is so high. But this bias is there. I'd wager if YC started HN today, it wouldn't be called HN. That name is uniquely related to the times YC & PG came into.