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I wish I could delete this.

In retrospect, it's perfectly normal to promote your friends' startups, funds or books.

Which is pretty much the stock reasoning for SV as a concept. Being inside of it gives you the benefits of that promotion.

Of course, whether it's good or not is something else entirely.

Now imagine living among those types of people every day. That’s SV in a nutshell. Wrongthink isn’t tolerated.