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Nice hit piece. ModelRepublic.org is run by Tyler Johnson and funded by Dustin Moskovitz. A16z funds small tech. This includes companies that do Crypto and AI

• ranger207 1mo ago
  I'd like to have a $3000 watch for half price too, but it turns out there's reasons I can't
• tencentshill 1mo ago
  Attacking the authors isn't useful. Are they incorrect in their reporting? Does a16z not knowingly fund any of these immoral companies? Are any of the quotes from senior leadership exceptionally cherrypicked or outright faked?
• sigmarule 1mo ago
  > You may not like it, but these are products and services that consumers want to use. The human brain's reward machinery is not and should not be the arbiter of what a healthy society allows to be advertised and sold. Truth becomes a liability when your competitors can deceive without consequence. We are sacrificing societal values for economic value and destroying the fabric of trust that a healthy society foundationally requires in the process. This article is a list of degeneracy bred by mindless and ideological deference to the flavor of unbridled capitalism sold to us by those who stand to benefit from it most. Unbridled capitalism undoes itself, and those responsible for the undoing are the sole victors. Maybe then those cheering from the sidelines will come to the realization - moot, at that point - that the machiavellian ends were never for us, only the means.