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Come on, its HARVARD! HARVARD!!!! Seems like the system os working pretty well to me.
This totally ruined the diversity of America.
SV is definitely a Meritocracy though right guys??
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More than any other industry in america
So more than Professional Sports?
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So more than Professional Sports?
Pro sports is a weird one... I follow American football and over the years I've seen various players who by all accounts have the talent, but for whatever reason have short careers, don't get much playing time, etc. I remember watching this running back a few years ago, where every time he got on the field would get 7+ yards at a time, but the team only sporadically put him on the field, let alone gave him the ball.…
So the majority of the people trusted with the money went to two of the best schools in the world? And this is surprising how? And news how? And wrong how? Come on, its HARVARD! HARVARD!!!! Seems like the system os working pretty well to me.
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More than any other industry in america
So more than Professional Sports?
This is from memory, but baseball scouts historically rely heavily on athletic appearances (what they think a good pitcher, hitter, etc looks like), more than hard stats.
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Pro sports is a weird one... I follow American football and over the years I've seen various players who by all accounts have the talent, but for whatever reason have short careers, don't get much playing time, etc. I remember watching this running back a few years ago, where every time he got on the field would get 7+ yards at a time, but the team only sporadically put him on the field, let alone gave him the ball.…
Never said it was. But the implication was that Sports are more meritocratic than Tech. You don't win MVP of your league through Nepotism but you could easily get $20M+ in VC funding that way.
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So more than Professional Sports?
Moneyball by Michael Lewis says yes. This is from memory, but baseball scouts historically rely heavily on athletic appearances (what they think a good pitcher, hitter, etc looks like), more than hard stats.
So the majority of the people trusted with the money went to two of the best schools in the world? And this is surprising how? And news how? And wrong how? Come on, its HARVARD! HARVARD!!!! Seems like the system os working pretty well to me.
Is this a joke? Check any ranking system of "top cs/business" schools and you will see that they are all extremely close with any small change to the weight of the features resulting in different orderings. The only way to explain these stats is that there is some simple-minded tribal behavior that skews the ratio. Not what you want to see from the people trusted with the money.
That seems like a strong conclusion to reach. Is it possible that there's another explanation that just hasn't occurred to you?