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If you didn't tell me the author, I could've attributed to any random SV tech bro. It takes massive ego to proclaim dead a huge, well diversified business that
by protastus 2y ago
If you didn't tell me the author, I could've attributed to any random SV tech bro.
It takes massive ego to proclaim dead a huge, well diversified business that has strong net revenue, product demand and well defined moats.
- vixen99 2y agoWhy bring personality into this? Paul Graham made certain observations, conclusions and predictions about a very successful company - to the point or not. That is not evidence of a causative agent in terms of a massive ego.
- protastus 2y agoBecause the essay radiates techbro tone, with minor adjustments for 2007. The author is an unapologetic believer in SV exceptionalism. "Buy all the good "Web 2.0" startups. [...] Put them all in a building in Silicon Valley" "Microsoft's biggest weakness is that they still don't realize how much they suck. They still think they can write software in house."