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man you dont know this guy or his life story. people say all kinds of stuff in books. who cares about his dating/marriage life? That is really low to bring that kind of stuff up in this context. the fact that this is the highest comment speaks to how toxic this community has become.

His "VC" fund is a social good company that prioritizes people's wellfare over profits. and who cares if its a success or failure, VC is hard.

He isn't a hero and he isn't a "Dickhead". He's just a human.

If you don't know him personally you really shouldn't be making these kinds of baseless adhominem attacks.

Reading your comment history, its nothing but black and white opinions and pointless preferences.

I am leaving this community forever. This whole place has gone down hill. There are no more hackers here. There is no more real discussion of anything. I feel bad for paul graham. This website is a disgrace.

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Okay, I’ll take the bait. As someone with direct experience with the topic at hand, who has worked with / remains friends with people with direct experience regarding the subject of this conversation, I can say that many of the assertions of the parent ring true to me.

And, in fact, the stuff you don’t know is even worse.

What does this have to do with what he said?

Steve Jobs, the example that always gets invoked here, was a horrible human being. Did that make him wrong? No, it didn't, it made him an asshole. And Chamath being an asshole doesn't make him wrong here either. Is Chamath Steve Jobs? No, but who cares. I found what he said interesting, and probably right in ways that make people uncomfortable.

Which probably explains why folks are bringing up his love life.

> Which probably explains why folks are bringing up his love life.

yep - people here wants those who are virtuous to be more successful than those who aren't. 'cept in real life, there's no correlation, and logically there wouldn't be. In fact, the more of an asshole you are, the more likely you'd be able to take advantage of people to succeed.

Adults will go to HN articles on Chamath Palihapitiya the person to discuss these issues.

The actual problem as hinted, is it gets upvoted.

It's how Twitter has become the toxic mess it is devaluing actual content.

To grow people need to go through this stage, but it's hard to know were they can do it. Like an off topic tag.

The comment "The guy is a stock promoter through and through" was an interesting accusation and on topic, but it's lost now.

I'll bite, what happened?

Something seems a little off lately with the sudden uptick in PR/guest interviewing/attention seeking behaviour as of late.

https://www.chamathforca.com/

I do know his life story because he tells it in every interview he gives. I understand what you are trying to say but just because I have not met him doesn't mean that I can't criticize him.

His VC fund had LPs that lost money. I don't think they really give a shit about "welfare over profits". Once it's a family office yeah sure preach about welfare over profits but remember he had a fiduciary responsibility to his LPs which he (likely) broke.

"No more real discussion". This is what real discussion looks like. People LOVE chamath and I am explaining what I see is wrong about him.

suddenly patriotic

Just wait till you see how the treat Bitcoin here.

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