Stuck me as a really odd comparison, a "out of context" quote and a conspiracy theory.
“I can be tricked by anyone who looks like Mark Zuckerberg”
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#12Honestly this post is garbage and shouldn't be on the front page. Just because it's PG doesn't mean we should give the author a pass for such drivel.
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#13Joking about someone's looks? Not like the person had much choice in the matter it seems. That's a level of superficiality I wouldn't have expected here.
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#14I have no doubt that PG was joking, but comparing those of us that believe that Pattern Matching by VCs is still a factor in suppressing diversity in Tech, with the idiotic Birther Movement, is a bit of a reach.
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#15Reminding people about something you purportedly want them to forget seems counterproductive.
Yup, I didn't know he believed that you needed to look like Mark Zuckerberg to succeed. But now I know that he's actually quite obsessed with the idea!
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#16I thought PG was building it into a joke.. the post sounds way too defensive.
Pretty much every single article written this year critical of Silicon Valley/startups/VCs has used the quote. If anything PG should have addressed it sooner.
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#17>Could anyone be so naive as to think that resembling Zuck would be enough to make a founder succeed? And is it plausible that we, of all people, who'd interviewed thousands of founders, would think such a thing?
I think it's quite plausible that people have biases. Venture capitalists are not exempt from bias. The thing about biases is that people don't realise they have them.
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#18 ... particularly his long neck.
If pg decides to edit it out. I'm fine with this comment referencing it being deleted as well. There's no reason for that observation to persist in an article that might be linked to again every time this meme comes up.
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#19As Paul Graham points out, it is absurd to think that he or anybody at his firm would be swayed by someone's physical resemblance to Mark Zuckerberg. However, I have the sinking feeling that in this respect, Mr. Graham and his partners are the exception rather than the rule. That may well be one of the reasons why they are so successful. Not that I have hard data, and I'm not sure if reliable data could be obtained, but I have personally witnessed a frighteningly large number of incidents in which people were obviously influenced by the physical appearance of those whom they were tasked to judge.
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#20Joking about someone's looks? Not like the person had much choice in the matter it seems. That's a level of superficiality I wouldn't have expected here.
You can't win.