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   by ygaf 10y ago

   There's nothing wrong with that.
2. 212.▲
   by ygaf 10y ago

   I think you mean 'shed/cast light on'. The author believes that having a family to support (apparently that's a characteristic of latecomers) makes them deserving of a more equal stake. What if the founder planned on mak
3. 213.▲
   by ygaf 10y ago

   >Because it's pretty clear that's why it is? It really isn't. The onus is on you to explain why it's so clearly an escape plan, when even the article acknowledges both that NZ is a tax haven and that Thiel gained citi
4. 214.▲
   by ygaf 10y ago

   It's disturbing that HNers are lapping up the author's implication (Thiel has NZ citizenship as an 'escape plan') without any support being needed.
5. 215.▲
   by ygaf 10y ago

   I read all comments unless the page has grown out of control. It's the articles in question that I don't bother to read - I depend on HNers to reveal what the article said. I have dead posts turned on too.
6. 216.▲
   by ygaf 10y ago

   Going by other comments, it seems "equality of life" and fears for the future are more important than bright kids' wellbeing.
7. 217.▲
   by ygaf 10y ago

   >giftedness varies wildly by subject. If you attend a school for gifted students, would there be an expectation that you would be gifted in all subject areas? I think a superschool should allow each student to be ordinary in X subjects.