Y Combinator becomes its own spoof(theregister.co.uk)
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Y Combinator becomes its own spoof
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/27/peak_silicon_valley_reinventing_cities/
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The sentiment of the article seems to boil down to "damn young people trying new things! they're so stupid! so arrogant!" and only counters with the prevailing conservative wisdom with no backing argument. The author is sticking their fingers in their ears and shouting "you're wrong!" without giving any reason.
Peter Thiel has said (http://a16z.com/2015/01/18/12-things-learned-from-chris-dixo...):
> The best startups are good ideas that look like bad ideas.
Well, here we go. Certainly "improve cities" is a good idea. It's certainly hard to do; it's certainly a giant task. But if YC can pull it off, it stands to pay off handsomely.
So high risk, high reward? Sounds like a startup to me.
> The best startups are good ideas that look like bad ideas.
Well, here we go. Certainly "improve cities" is a good idea. It's certainly hard to do; it's certainly a giant task. But if YC can pull it off, it stands to pay off handsomely.
So high risk, high reward? Sounds like a startup to me.
The real way to do this is to organize people at a grassroots level to vote for policies, laws and referendums that reflect your values. The way to do this is to develop media campaigns that clear away the FUD. You can also probably do micro experiments under the radar that a city may approve. You have to take mindshare. These are political problems not technical problems. Much like a business isn't solely about its tech but about the problem it solves.
And what if local citizens don't want what you're offering?
you hold as many referendums as it takes until you get the outcome you want /s
It's a kind of praise, isn't it? He's saying "that's SO FAR from everyday that's BOUND to be bad".
Personally I find it great that YC is spending money on venture³ and even less likely to pay off than the average startup. Good people do something to improve the future, not just line their own coffers, and if does line the coffers, so much the better.
Personally I find it great that YC is spending money on venture³ and even less likely to pay off than the average startup. Good people do something to improve the future, not just line their own coffers, and if does line the coffers, so much the better.
@kierenmccarthy doesn't seem to understand how creativity works. No wonder he's stuck writing for The Register (the tech magazine of choice for all Sun & DailyMail readers).
The article is bad but let's not turn that into a personal attack.
yes fair point. I did get carried away
Appropriately, given their headline, I always thought they were spoofing british tabloids with their approach. Once they went fully spittle-flecked in their many, many op-eds about how climate change was a big socialist conspiracy I realised my mistake.
They didn't make fun of https://www.sidewalklabs.com/ in the same way.