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Re: YC's Winter Reading List

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Post by crucini » Wed, Dec 14, 2016, 10:58 PM UTC

redthrowaway wrote: post #169

crucini wrote: post #154

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Please don't take this personally, but I think the "obstruction" comment illustrates why political topics tend to degrade into something bad. It's a subcase of "blue team criticizes red team for action X, but conveniently ignores blue team performing action X". Problem is this accusation gets thrown constantly by both red and blue teams. And it's probably true most of the time: teams are partisan. It's also hard to o…

I actually agree with you, and fighting the urge to get a dig in can be tough. You can also see from the other responses to that comment how it derails conversation. I'll try to be better in the future.

Yeah, such comments are the spice of conversation; without them, it's a bit bland. Somehow they work better in person.

Re: YC's Winter Reading List

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Post by hackuser » Thu, Dec 15, 2016, 1:44 AM UTC

Uhhrrr wrote: post #220

hackuser wrote: post #217

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Thanks for responding ... > He would have noticed if costs were increasing elsewhere. My guess is that you haven't worked in many large organizations! :)

The reason I say that he would have noticed is that the book has many examples of him being careful with expenses and the numbers in general. From the same chapter as the quote above: As a former bookkeeper, Rockefeller devoted special attention to ledgers. One accountant recalled him stopping by his desk and saying courteously, “Permit me,” then flipping quickly through his books. “Very well kept,” he said, “very, i…

Thanks. I really appreciate your contributions and it has changed how I think of Rockefeller; it makes me ask the question of his genius, if that's the right word. I'm still not seeing anything that distinguishes, for me, between genuine genius and much more common hagiography and myth, but I know very little about the subject and now will keep looking and asking.

Re: YC's Winter Reading List

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Post by drewrv » Mon, Dec 19, 2016, 6:36 PM UTC

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #98

redthrowaway wrote: post #47

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>Didn't both of those publications vigorously oppose Trump? Yes. >The "conservative intellectual" niche may be the most politically irrelevant group in the country. Trump won the Presidency, not the Movement. The rest of the GOP, though shell-shocked, has not suddenly ditched conservatism and embraced Trumpism. The vast majority of the GOP members of the House and Senate, and those in state governments, are conservat…

No, you'll hear more cries of "obstruction!". They'll be on Trump's Twitter feed. If current trends continue, the media will feel that each one is news, and will write an article about each one. My hope is that Trump Twitter fatigue sets in very early.

> My hope is that Trump Twitter fatigue sets in very early.

I've been hoping that for a year now :(