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I think it's pompous for both you and Sam Altman to be wasting our threads with these bets.
by kmeves 12y ago
I think it's pompous for both you and Sam Altman to be wasting our threads with these bets.
- ilyanep 12y agoAre they more pompous or less pompous than the articles that show up every so often claiming that Tech is a bubble that's about to pop any moment now?
- untog 12y agoer, yes? How is an article like that pompous?
- ilyanep 12y agoIf the implication here is that Sam Altman and OP are pompous enough to think we care what they think about the state of the Tech economy, then wouldn't the same logic apply to the authors who write "the Tech bubble is bursting! The world is ending!" articles?
- untog 12y agoSam Altman and the OP posted their own content to Hacker News. The articles are usually posted by a totally different person than the one that wrote it.
- icebraining 12y agoNo, Sam Altman's post was submitted by another user as well.
- untog 12y agoHuh, apologies, could have sworn he did. In any case, there is a difference between writing bombastically about a situation you are financially involved in and a journalist writing an article about tech.
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- TimSchumann 12y agoIn fairness to Sam, he didn't actually submit it to HN, he just blogged about it.
- sama 12y agoAgreed; I would have greatly preferred he emailed me.
- kmeves 12y agoI realize now it wasn't posted by Sam--merely his blog.
- prawn 12y agoI think it's generated some interesting discussion. I'm sure the same occurred on the original thread, but I didn't read that.
- ryanx435 12y agoHa ha oh man, sam. seriously: do you think about what you post at all before you hit submit? you wanted to have a discussion behind closed doors before announcing this to the entire world? ok, that's fine, but that begs the question "why?" given human nature, it's probably for nefarious purposes and propaganda control. I'm thinking you regret this bet, have realized it has only accelerate d the bubbles collapse, and are attempting serious efforts at damage control. look, your a smart guy, sam, but you are pretty terrible at this whole communication thing, which is a shame considering that's a major part of your job. lol
- jmtame 12y agothis comment reads like the "why is this on HN?" comments, which are against the guidelines. people are voting this up and they find it interesting, and that's why it's on the home page. just click the flag button.