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YC talks aren't recorded, for similar reasons. When you know every word you say will be potential fodder for a sensationalist news story, it's harder to be blu

YC talks aren't recorded, for similar reasons. When you know every word you say will be potential fodder for a sensationalist news story, it's harder to be blunt about what went right and wrong.

angersock 12y ago
There's a difference between talks for invenstors/entrepreneurs, and talks about fixing a massive clusterfuck of government spending. Especially when the narrative people want to spin is "Gee golly whiz look at those Silicon Valley folks saving the day!". Anything else is CYOA, and it'd be nice if people could actually rise to the occasion and be honest and precise. (Besides, if you are honest on everything, and somebody just hits you out of context, you can defend yourself by providing additional context. None of this is going to matter in 5 years anyways, so might as well set a good example.)
- abstractbill 12y ago
  Anything else is CYOA I don't think so. The people fixing the obamacare website most likely want obamacare to succeed, and are aware that there's a hungry media out there ready and waiting for the next story revealing just how awful the original website (and, they'll insinuate, hence obamacare itself) is.
- srj 12y ago
  I'm not sure a quote taken out of context actually is so easily corrected within the realm of American media and politics. Falsehoods are quoted and quickly reprinted, and the truth might not be so juicy as to get the same level of attention.
ceejayoz 12y ago
This doesn't make sense to me. I can write down an out-of-context statement and report it with or without a recording. If anything, a recording is positive because you can contest what I claim you said with a hard-to-fake, in-context version of things.
- mhartl 12y ago
  There's a big difference between a quote someone wrote down and a video of same. Plus, with YC talks there's an assumption of audience discretion.

YC talks aren't recorded, for similar reasons. When you know every word you say will be potential fodder for a sensationalist news story, it's harder to be blunt about what went right and wrong.

angersock 12y ago

There's a difference between talks for invenstors/entrepreneurs, and talks about fixing a massive clusterfuck of government spending. Especially when the narrative people want to spin is "Gee golly whiz look at those Silicon Valley folks saving the day!". Anything else is CYOA, and it'd be nice if people could actually rise to the occasion and be honest and precise. (Besides, if you are honest on everything, and somebody just hits you out of context, you can defend yourself by providing additional context. None of this is going to matter in 5 years anyways, so might as well set a good example.)

abstractbill 12y ago
Anything else is CYOA I don't think so. The people fixing the obamacare website most likely want obamacare to succeed, and are aware that there's a hungry media out there ready and waiting for the next story revealing just how awful the original website (and, they'll insinuate, hence obamacare itself) is.
srj 12y ago
I'm not sure a quote taken out of context actually is so easily corrected within the realm of American media and politics. Falsehoods are quoted and quickly reprinted, and the truth might not be so juicy as to get the same level of attention.

ceejayoz 12y ago

This doesn't make sense to me. I can write down an out-of-context statement and report it with or without a recording. If anything, a recording is positive because you can contest what I claim you said with a hard-to-fake, in-context version of things.

mhartl 12y ago
There's a big difference between a quote someone wrote down and a video of same. Plus, with YC talks there's an assumption of audience discretion.