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Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page?

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Post by bluntfang »

UnpossibleJim wrote: post #119
NationalPark wrote: post #92

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W was set for money two generations before he was even born. Imagine if he'd just stuck to painting...

Look, I'm no fan of Bush II and I don't want to turn this into political theater, but the presidency was corrupted long before Bush II. I'd almost guarantee that his policy was set forth in an almost "dynastical" form, that has been around since Carter's interventions in the Middle East. Maybe before. That being said, I wish they had all stuck to their post presidential passions... minus the political fund raising.

The bush family has a history of being politicians all the way back to the late 1800s

Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page?

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Post by p-law »

officemonkey wrote: post #29
paxys wrote: post #9

It was clear years ago that neither he nor Brin were interested running Google day-to-day anymore. I'm actually surprised that every billionaire doesn't do the same after reaching a certain point of success. Like..is calling the shots at Facebook really that big a deal that Zuckerberg spends his life being dragged from one mess to another, put in front of Congress every other week, criticized across the political spe…

Don't forget Notch. He took his money and bought a mansion and became a DJ. TBH, if I made a pile, my interests would change dramatically. And running a successful company would not be nearly as validating.

Only if my company was in the business of breaking new ground, i.e. scientific discovery or innovative engineering. That's why the likes of Alphabet and Facebook have research divisions (including for things rather far afield from their core money-making products): to give execs and talent a greater sense of purpose and to create/develop important stuff.

Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page?

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Post by jkinudsjknds »

chrisco255 wrote: post #116
dagmx wrote: post #96

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It's depressing knowing how large swaths of people are anti science and have made it part of their political identity to boot

It's depressing knowing how many people think all polls are scientifically valid representations of the general population. It's well known that even the way a question is stated or worded can influence the outcome of a poll.

Can you phrase the question "Did Bill Gates cause COVID-19" in such a way that a non trivial proportion of respondents saying "yes" seems reasonable?

Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page?

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Post by clumpthump »

zanmat0 wrote: post #61
tehjoker wrote: post #38

Notch is said to be a deeply unhappy person, or at least he was a few years ago. He also made a hard right-wing turn. https://money.cnn.com/2015/08/31/technology/minecraft-creato... https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/04/online-conduct-leaves...

>He also made a hard right-wing turn. Is that problematic in and of itself?

Yes.

Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page?

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Post by e_dv1 »

ethbr0 wrote: post #100
dagmx wrote: post #96

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It's depressing knowing how large swaths of people are anti science and have made it part of their political identity to boot

They're not anti-science: they're ignorant. If we had better basic education, presumably people would be able to understand how things work.

It's a conspiracy theory, so even education doesn't always help. Kary Mullis is one example of someone who was smart enough to win a Nobel prize for his work on PCR... but unfortunately later fell into the conspiracy theory rabbit hole for HIV, climate change, etc.

I have read that anxiety issues [1], as well as a personality spectrum called "schizotypy" [2] which in itself can be linked to severe anxiety issues at the heavier end of the spectrum, [3] is linked to the ability to believe conspiracy theories [4]. My guess is that the wide spread of conspiracy theories related material (which COVID-19 has amplified to considerably) boils down to some combination of mental health and other social and/or economic anxieties, and the conspiracy theories really won't go away until some of these anxieties are addressed.

[1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/people-drawn-to-c... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizotypy [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizotypal_personality_disord... [4] https://www.psypost.org/2017/10/study-links-facets-schizotyp...

Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page?

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Post by puranjay »

kyuudou wrote: post #122
an_opabinia wrote: post #107

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The way Elon Musk put it, who rarely says stuff that doesn't sound completely crazy, is that his grandchildren will be running Facebook. It's truly totally crazy.

His grandchildrens' AI, anyway

Their brains hooked to Neurolink, no less

Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page?

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Post by nodesocket »

mbgerring wrote: post #120
nodesocket wrote: post #113

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> A Microsoft spokesperson told Variety that the reason for his exclusion is the "comments and opinions" Persson has expressed on Twitter, saying that they "do not reflect those of Microsoft or Mojang, and are not representative of Minecraft." Apparently you're only allowed to have freedom of speech if it fits in the tech left narrative. Show me an example of a extremist left person being denied access to a company e…

I've met several people involved in union organizing at household name tech companies who have been disciplined by the companies they work for for exercising their "free speech" rights. You don't mean "tech left" here, you mean "liberal".

organizing unions against your employer is not free speech. Mojang was on social media and got blacklisted (cancel culture), completely different.

Re: Ask HN: What Happened to Larry Page?

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Post by wmf »

vonmoltke wrote: post #93
wmf wrote: post #49

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He can borrow against it and do whatever he wants while maintaining ownership. Whether that's a good idea is debatable.

Only for as much as he has present cash flow to pay for the loan. I'm sure he has quite a bit of that, but I highly doubt he has enough to take a loan for more than a fraction og his holding.

Awww, maybe he could only get $10B liquid.
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