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Sequoia COO quit over Shaun Maguire's comments about Mamdani

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Re: Sequoia COO quit over Shaun Maguire's comments about Mamdani

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Post by cholantesh »

reactordev wrote: post #23
nilamo wrote: post #22

There's three names in that title, and none of them are explained in the tiny slice of an article that's free. Am I expected to just know who these random people are?

It’s New Yorker shit There’s a big fuss over a potential mayor of New York that has the right losing their minds. To the point where people are quitting over other peoples opinions. Truly bizarro world stuff.

>It’s New Yorker shit

Two of the three principals in this story are based in California and employed by a Californian firm.

Re: Sequoia COO quit over Shaun Maguire's comments about Mamdani

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Post by luddit3 »

bestatsiege_01 wrote: post #25

I think Elon is right about the idea of mind viruses. He just hasn't taken the premise far enough. All of us are infected by the algorithms around us, MAGA, Woke, MAHA ect. are all "mind viruses". I doesn't matter how smart, compassionate, empathetic, creative or dynamic you are. As soon as you expose yourself to the algorithms you become infected. The more exposure the deeper the infection.

What? Enough with the buzzy words. You are talking about ideas. And the more you stray from science and logic to justify your ideas, the more cognitive dissonance you will encounter.

Re: Sequoia COO quit over Shaun Maguire's comments about Mamdani

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Post by keyKeeper »

I recall Shaun Maguire trying to interfere with European politics, specifically supporting AfD in Germany. Instantly lost my admiration towards Sequoia, the image I previously had about them was something like calm, deeply analytical grown ups. Turns out they are into petty daily politics that will not go anywhere other than stir drama, at least this Shaun guy. Still feels bad when I think about it, disillusionment is painful.

Re: Sequoia COO quit over Shaun Maguire's comments about Mamdani

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Post by djeastm »

gdulli wrote: post #28
nilamo wrote: post #22

There's three names in that title, and none of them are explained in the tiny slice of an article that's free. Am I expected to just know who these random people are?

Sir, you posted this reply from a device that gives you instant access to all extant knowledge.

This is true, but it's also fair to complain about someone on HN linking to a one-sentence headline on a paywalled site. It approaches ill manners, imho.

Re: Sequoia COO quit over Shaun Maguire's comments about Mamdani

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Post by almostgotcaught »

yowlingcat wrote: post #16

I'm not sure this direct departure matters that much to Sequoia. The COO Balbale was an operating partner who was CMO of Sequoia for 2 years and then COO for another 2 years and to my understanding did not write checks. The real elephant in the room question was whether Balbale was in a role getting carry or not. If not, then that effectively isn't different from an incentive level than an associate with a higher sal…

> I view his controversy as being most likely a calculated marketing maneuver to improve or maximize the signal to noise in his deal flow. It's hard for me as an outsider to say whether that's working for him or not

why is it that tech bros will bend over backwards to find "good-faith" interpretations of the most obviously stupid shit. like bro have you literally never heard the phrase "confirmation bias"? you know it's possible he could just be a lucky idiot right?

> In an interview with the Caltech Heritage Project, Maguire reported that he earned a 1.8 GPA in high school and failed his Algebra 2 course, and that his admission to Stanford University depended on letters of recommendation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Maguire

Re: Sequoia COO quit over Shaun Maguire's comments about Mamdani

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Post by rplnt »

noelwelsh wrote: post #32
bestatsiege_01 wrote: post #25

I think Elon is right about the idea of mind viruses. He just hasn't taken the premise far enough. All of us are infected by the algorithms around us, MAGA, Woke, MAHA ect. are all "mind viruses". I doesn't matter how smart, compassionate, empathetic, creative or dynamic you are. As soon as you expose yourself to the algorithms you become infected. The more exposure the deeper the infection.

The idea that people are affected by their experiences is hardly novel. You don't need to dress it up as "mind viruses" and claim it is an "infection".

It's not experiences anymore, just engineered content.

Re: Sequoia COO quit over Shaun Maguire's comments about Mamdani

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Post by 762236 »

JohnTHaller wrote: post #11

Maguire said that Mamdani "comes from a culture that lies about everything. It's literally a virtue to lie if it advances his Islamist agenda. The West will learn this lesson the hard way." Maguire is a MAGA supporter, so the projection of lying is... interesting.

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Re: Sequoia COO quit over Shaun Maguire's comments about Mamdani

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Post by anthem2025 »

yowlingcat wrote: post #16

I'm not sure this direct departure matters that much to Sequoia. The COO Balbale was an operating partner who was CMO of Sequoia for 2 years and then COO for another 2 years and to my understanding did not write checks. The real elephant in the room question was whether Balbale was in a role getting carry or not. If not, then that effectively isn't different from an incentive level than an associate with a higher sal…

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