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Solve our biggest problems? I'm neutral here, but are you sure that's what is happening in the Bay Area and no where else in the world?

Your use of declarative and profound statements, with no evidence, gives me a high degree of distrust towards anything you say. With that said, I have a few specific points. > Pris…

Out of curiosity, what brought you to HN? While not riding the tech train professionally, have you considered investing in or starting any products?

Son of a bitch that is a lot of debt. It stresses me out just reading about it. I guess few people do the math correctly when they go get a degree. Can anyone here who opted to tak…

> the idea of “online shopping” has only been around for the last 15 years Along with so, so many ideas that are prolific in web people's every day lives. Its pretty wild if you th…

"Most Enabled Entrepreneurs Ever?" Most definitely. At the same time I wonder if alpha personalities were more enabled before regulation and competition were everywhere. Anyway, I'…

> driving requires alpha decision-commitment and trust that the gigantic killing machines around you will make room for your bold, assertive self In the city this is true. I learne…

In your script, you have: > You: This is a really great offer because [a sentence or two about why you want to work for them.]. But I was really looking for a little higher compens…

Everything said in the post is easy to conclude if you learn a little bit about negotiation and understand some more niche things like how to valuate shares of a company.

"Deligne’s most spectacular results are on the interface of two areas of mathematics: number theory and geometry" This is very compelling. Can anyone suggest topics or materials of…