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Writing is power transfer technology
- ambicapter 1y ago> The goal is to give them writing that transforms them into someone with more legitimacy So, a propaganda arm for the VC founder's pet political philosophies. Nice!
- neilv 1y agoIn a way, I found that part refreshingly honest. And I had roughly the same read of it as you did. The article talks more about what they mean by legitimacy.
- ttoinou 1y agoWhy use so much italics ? Makes him look like a teenager craving for attention. We can read just fine, we don’t need to be told which words are most important
- random3 1y agosmile maybe take a look at the guidelines https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Don't be curmudgeonly. Thoughtful criticism is fine, but please don't be rigidly or generically negative. > Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting.
- throwawaymaroon 1y ago[dead]
- gjvc 1y agotry using IRIX
- neilv 1y agoRelevant prior discussion: * [HN, A16Z Blogs Are Just Glorified Marketing (frankzliu.com), 2024-04-01](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39901289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39901289)
- flipgimble 1y agoAs someone who works in tech outside of the SV bubble this sounds like epicenter of marketing VC “enshittification” as being somehow “innovation”.
- pcmaffey 1y agoDanco’s writing is really great.* I’m sad he’s going to work for the enshittification engine of the tech industry. *He writes with a different perspective, sometimes too reductive in his analogies and analysis, but I don’t need to agree with everything to appreciate writing that cares about ideas.
- UltraSane 1y agoMarc Andreessen is a strong Trump supporter. Trump is using blatant lies about crime rates and demonization of The Other to justify taking over control of Washington DC The Nazis used the exact same tactic. This man is going to work for Marc Andreessen.