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breckognize

526 karma · joined August 3, 2009

Founder/CEO of https://rowzero.io - World's fastest spreadsheet

Previously worked on S3

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breckognize··on What the "Black screen of death" story says about tech journalism
Isn't all for-profit news suspect? Free market advocates would argue that, over time, people will realize that certain news agencies aren't accurate and would then pay (either with their wallets or their eyeballs) for the more reliable news sources. The unreliable sources would go out of business, leaving us with only reliable, fact-checked news.

Of course, the problem with this is that people's metric for "good" news isn't what's accurate - it's what's most entertaining. Or, in the case of Fox, whatever reinforces their existing world view. Market forces don't create reliable news - they create sensational reporting.

This is unfortunate because a reliable free press is critical for democracies to function. Perhaps for-profit news is as fundamentally flawed as for-profit healthcare.

breckognize··on Why I Love Pittsburgh Startups
One reason for the proliferation of Pittsburgh startups are the efforts of a number of people/programs that want to see the city make a comeback. AlphaLabs is one, but IdeaFoundry and Lenore Blum's Project Olympus are two more that deserve some credit. When I started up as a CMU student 3 years ago, there was no shortage of professionals and established entrepreneurs happy to lend a helping hand; and most just wanted to see productivity return to the region.

I'm curious how this atmosphere compares to Boulder, Boston, San Francisco. Is there similar camaraderie in those cities?

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