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Most YC hackers: "I'm fixing x because x is broken. They're slow, costly, inefficient, and aren't taking advantage of modern technology." Elon Musk is doing a
by randall 15y ago
Most YC hackers:
"I'm fixing x because x is broken. They're slow, costly, inefficient, and aren't taking advantage of modern technology."
Elon Musk is doing a YC startup (in spirit) on the most grand scale possible.
- piotrSikora 15y agoHow is that YC-specific?
- lutorm 15y agoYou are affirming the consequent. It was never stated that this was a property of only YC.
- stcredzero 15y ago"Affirming the Consequent" should be the name of a Culture GSV. (Or maybe an ROU?)
- Dylan16807 15y agoHonestly I'd say randall is the one doing that. YC hackers are like Z. SpaceX is like Z. Therefore SpaceX is YC hackers (in spirit). piotrSikora isn't literally asking why such a thing is a property of only YC hackers. He's asking why randall is using property Z to label things as 'YC hacker'. I don't think your jumping on his imperfect wording is very helpful.
- sounds 15y agoAnd, if his luck holds (and I really hope it does!), mankind can escape our single-planet limitation and actually colonize the solar system !
- ashleyw 15y agoWe've just got to hope there aren't any major catastrophes involving life early on. Personal space travel could easily go the way of Concorde and commercial supersonic travel if companies like SpaceX and Virgin Galactic don't get it spot on first time.
- sounds 15y agoYes, true. (Moment's pause to remember and respect the Challenger and Columbia Astronauts, and the Russian Cosmonauts who also gave their life.) As I think about it though, I think of the few brave people I know who would be willing to take a one-way trip to Mars, as long as they were starting a colony.