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That's the old economy definition, anyway.

His other early short story collections are on par with "The Illustrated Man". Don't miss them! I have fond memories of "The Toynbee Convector".

I wonder how many of the second generation Asian students flooding Ivy League schools come from poor, non-English speaking ethnic ghettos? I'd guess not many. All the people I knew…

"Immigrant" here means non-English speaking immigrant, particularly Spanish in this case. China town would also be described as an "immigrant" neighborhood. But English speaking we…

I don't like to live in Spanish speaking neighborhoods because I don't speak Spanish. I enjoy the food and the low prices, I don't enjoy the culture. If you don't speak English in …

Oh, I get it. He's saying he doesn't want to live in a neighborhood where the only culture on offer is hipster, homeless, or Latin. And he's not allowed to think that, at least out…

Haha. I hadn't realized that PC has come so far that you are no longer allowed to recognize or comment on immigrant neighborhoods. There's lots of poor people and Spanish speaking …

I was under the impression that the rich pay a much greater share of income tax than when their rates were higher. Can someone check me on this?

Elon Musk is a good example.

Also, it's easier to follow your values when you surround yourself with a community that believes in the same values. That's why Christians have church. Surround yourself with SV s…

I see you've never dealt with the government. I wouldnt be surprised if it grew a couple % each year.

>Failing to file a referral bonus form while you were an employee is really your fault. Congratulations, you're an asshole that I never want to work with.

I appreciate you doing this and I hope my employees would do the same if I were to act unethically in any future startup. There's a million sociopathic megalomaniacal assholes in S…

When Singapore became independent, GDP per capita was $500.

On the flip side, I tried (and failed) to learn to code several times before it finally stuck. It took me days just to get the programming environment set up! What finally or me ov…

I view Zynga's economics like a tv network. Their primary asset is their audience, and acquisition is a way for them to increase that. There are two different kinds of acquisitions…

Geek culture scares away far more females than frat culture, empirically.

There are a billion dollars worth of research money for group-think infested alarmist journals for every million dollars available from the fossil fuels industry. Your life as a cl…

another reason to avoid VCs in the seed round - those VCs will know they have leverage due to signaling issues and offer worse terms. That matters when you're selling 20%+ of your …

It's trolls all the way down.

Come out to SV and hustle. It's not that hard to attend a party with a VC firm. It's their job to be approachable.

Investors need to hear the BS. You should be pitching a billion-dollar idea, even if that's phase 3 of your plan. Also, NC is sadly outside the seed stage bubble. If you have tract…