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Sam Altman Considering Run for CA Governor

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Re: Sam Altman Considering Run for CA Governor

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Post by icpmacdo »

I am indifferent to this except for the possible negative effects it might have on HN.

I hope it does not cause any significant changes to the community here, either from signs of censoring criticism or the topic consistently derailing threads. Every single online community I am apart of is getting wrapped up more and more into American politics it seems.

Re: Sam Altman Considering Run for CA Governor

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Post by tareqak »

I linked the Recode article that also links to the SF chronicle column.

SF Chronicle article: http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/williesworld/article/The-...

Recode article that links the to the SF Chronicle article: https://www.recode.net/2017/5/14/15638046/willie-brown-colum... with the title 'Sam Altman for governor?'

My submission (now flagged): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14337211

I originally found the Recode article from http://techmeme.com/river . Here is a screenshot as of 5:20 PM EDT: https://imgur.com/a/xJFcS

In hindsight, I should have used Techmeme's description as the title of my submission, but I did not think of that at all at the time. I feel as though that users should be able to post the original title and a possibly editorialized version in cases where the original title is suspect, but the article itself has some newsworthy merit.

Re: Sam Altman Considering Run for CA Governor

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Post by CalChris »

Animats wrote: post #4

Willie Brown is still a kingmaker? He's 83 and hasn't held office since 2004.

Brown still basically runs San Francisco. He certainly ran it when Rose Pak was still alive and Ed Lee is definitely his guy. Outside of SF he's certainly knowledgable but I doubt he has any pull in Sacto. Not with Jerry, not with Gavin.

Kingmaker, no. And Brown is definitely not a kingmaker if you want to run statewide. I doubt he has any pull in LA or the Central Valley. Any at all.

Frankly, this bores me. If Altman wants to run for office, he should start a little lower and get a little experience. At 32, I don't count a social networking startup and an incubator for much of a resume especially with respect to running the government of the 6th largest economy in the world.

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