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I find it odd that most of the comments here are angry, as if at someone who stole the livlihoods of thousands of people. I understand the general public think
by hsn915 4y ago
I find it odd that most of the comments here are angry, as if at someone who stole the livlihoods of thousands of people.
I understand the general public thinks their life depends on a company.
I find it odd that this sentiment is so strong on HN.
- nness 4y agoAs an outsider, it often feels like Silicon Valley like organisations have a particularly unique culture compared to the rest of the Western corporate world. It's built from decades of hacker culture, start-up mythos, antidisestablishmentarianism, etc. I think people are angry because they thought that Google (and others) were behaving with the same social contract, acting in their interests. It's a tough pill to realise its just another company behaving as they all do.
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- wildrhythms 4y ago>I understand the general public thinks their life depends on a company. And do you think this is not a fair assessment?
- hsn915 4y agoI think it's a fair assessment for the general public, but not for the kind of person who is interested in the startup world. I expect an environment like HN to self select against this mindset that is prevalent in the general public. There's a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy effect in this assessment too, so to some extent, it is only as accurate as you believe it to be.