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I'd call it "changed the world relevantly" and "changed the world irrelevantly"
How Y Combinator Changed the World
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#12> Their ideas reflected YC’s implicit view that for every problem in the world, there is a startup solution I dream of a world where we try to solve problems first and monetize them second, and I don't mean growth hacking. > It’s Y Combinator’s world, and we’re all invested in it. There are many people who resent this world. I'd like to live in a world where success isn't measured by money.
Sincere question: what would one use to measure success in such a world?
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#13> Their ideas reflected YC’s implicit view that for every problem in the world, there is a startup solution I dream of a world where we try to solve problems first and monetize them second, and I don't mean growth hacking. > It’s Y Combinator’s world, and we’re all invested in it. There are many people who resent this world. I'd like to live in a world where success isn't measured by money.
Sincere question: what would one use to measure success in such a world?
In the delta between those that have it the best and those that have it the worst.
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#14> Their ideas reflected YC’s implicit view that for every problem in the world, there is a startup solution I dream of a world where we try to solve problems first and monetize them second, and I don't mean growth hacking. > It’s Y Combinator’s world, and we’re all invested in it. There are many people who resent this world. I'd like to live in a world where success isn't measured by money.
Sincere question: what would one use to measure success in such a world?
amazing. gotta marvel at this one
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#16Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sincere question: what would one use to measure success in such a world?
In the delta between those that have it the best and those that have it the worst.
That's a hugely flawed north star. We've had inequality as long as we have had surplus. The more surplus, the more inequality.
But I'd rather live today than in hunter gatherer times, even though they were materially more equal.
"Why not modern life with less inequality?" Well because growing the pie and splitting the pie are competing drivers. If Elon musk weren't already obscenely wealthy, he wouldn't have been able to execute against space x. I'd rather live in a world where Musk is worth a quarter of a trillion dollars than in one where we didn't have Space X.
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#18> Their ideas reflected YC’s implicit view that for every problem in the world, there is a startup solution I dream of a world where we try to solve problems first and monetize them second, and I don't mean growth hacking. > It’s Y Combinator’s world, and we’re all invested in it. There are many people who resent this world. I'd like to live in a world where success isn't measured by money.
Sincere question: what would one use to measure success in such a world?
Aggregate human suffering.
Note: I don’t particularly agree with GP.
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How have dropbox and stripe not changed the world?
I remember paper filing cabinets, PCI compliance, jump drives, etc.