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If pg would get in trouble no matter how innocuous the essay, why should we pay any attention to whether he does?

• Helianthus 13y ago
  Because by engaging the toxic, he's cementing his role in the toxic. Dude actually wrote: 'by pointing out the degree to which women run things at YC it's closer to saying "I'm not racist! I'm black."' Comedy gold. You just don't say stuff like that. I mean, maybe he's got some semblance of a good point in there somewhere, but you can't hear it over the kneejerk outrage. And maybe that's where I have a problem with this. PG ignores the flamewar unless by touching it he can get something he wants--the appropriate reputation amongst moderates. And he can't (and won't) get away scott free.
  • theodoracharl 13y ago
    PG is now and always has been one of those ruthlessly pragmatic people. He has his mission and he sticks to it. His mission exists within an overarching framework that many of us consider horrific. His work is genuinely less horrific than that of his competitors (standard VCs) and that is one of his selling points. It's business as usual. I suppose people like you and I are more interested in understanding the relation of SV to the broad context of humanity. Which is why we always get downvoted into oblivion and have to create new accounts.