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Why is Evan Spiegel someone we should hate? Genuine question, had to look him up. Snapchat seems no worse than half a dozen other startups...
by scarmig 13y ago
Why is Evan Spiegel someone we should hate?
Genuine question, had to look him up. Snapchat seems no worse than half a dozen other startups...
- ForHackernews 13y agoHe really is a genuine wanker: http://www.laweekly.com/2013-10-17/news/snapchat-evan-spiegel/?showFullText=true http://www.laweekly.com/2013-10-17/news/snapchat-evan-spiege...
- FD3SA 13y ago"It's not about working harder; it's about working the system." - Evan Spiegel Yes indeed, and when it comes to working the system, wealthy elite families have achieved quite a formidable monopoly. This is an incredibly good article to act as a counterweight to all of pg's essays on merit based success. It's easy to forget that Zuck, PG, and many other successful people are part of an extremely selective elite (e.g. Ivy League attendants), and that this may have a significant impact on their success. Of course, members of this group will tell us that their Ivy League networks are totally independent of their multi-million dollar exits, but an impartial eye would scrutinize this relationship more closely.