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Historian sneers at billionaire while HN trip over each other to lick boot.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

holy fuck man i really wish I hadn't clicked on that hn thread.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Classic mistake

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

certainly the man is due respect

How about no?

[–] elmtonic 12 points 2 months ago

HN:

Also - using soylent, oculus and crypto to paint Andreesen as a bad investor (0 for 3 as he says) is a weird take. Come on - do better if your going to try and take my time.

Reading comprehension is hard. The article actually says "Zero for three when it comes to picking useful inventions to reorder life as we know it, that is to say, though at no apparent cost to his power or net worth." It's saying he's a good investor in the sense of making money, but a bad investor in the sense of picking investments that change the world. Rather telling that the commenter can't seem to distinguish between the two.

Good article, excited for part 2.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

In addition to being a wonderful article, as a bonus I learned the phrase l'esprit d'escalier (and various other forms from wikipedia) and found out that Mr. Andreesen has a small version of the snoopy in a blender sculpture in his yard, which is just amazing.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

JWZ weighs in, the comments are pretty good reading

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/04/my-dinner-with-andreessen/

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

long thread, examplars with shiny boots

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sociopath with too much money sucks? I won't bother reading it. I know what the content will likely be.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

nah, the article is better than that

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

You're right. Feedback got me to read it and it's excellent.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

yeah, no. it's a takedown that isaac chotiner would be proud of.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Hey, thanks for encouraging me to read it. It was quite good, as you said. I'll definitely read the follow-up if I see it. Cheers.