I'm pretty sure PG's implication was that merging people who were not already close and simply expecting them to mesh was a bad idea, not that one group was hac

I'm pretty sure PG's implication was that merging people who were not already close and simply expecting them to mesh was a bad idea, not that one group was hackers and the other was not. I think too many people underestimate the importance of a strong prior relationship with your co-founders. I would like to see an example of a successful startup where the founders did not know each other very well prior to starting the company.