I'm with Wilson on this, and I hate this sort of rhetoric in general, so I'm frustrated to see Hacker News eating it up time and time again. It's not thought-pr

I'm with Wilson on this, and I hate this sort of rhetoric in general, so I'm frustrated to see Hacker News eating it up time and time again. It's not thought-provoking to make claims that everyone knows are plain absurd. I understand Andreessen may not literally mean this and instead has some underlying points about innovations in the Dotcom era, but then he should just say them straight. All this is good for is making some easy views with an "inciting" blogspam title - which the authors were clearly relying on, as the article doesn't have much substance beyond the quotes.