Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection

Meditation was around way before Freud in eastern cultures. For once. Other cultures around the world had similar things about introspection. Just because his greedy ass doesn't want to face his own demons, he frames it as we don't need it

Re: Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection

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Post by lenerdenator » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC

seydor wrote: post #2

Technologists used to be smart, now they just have money.

The problem is that we have made the latter condition an alias for the former.

Redefining competence and intelligence as "ability to make money" has done untold damage to American society.

Re: Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection

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Post by pier25 » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC

Of course he is. In fact in that same podcast Andreessen makes a point using historical evidence and what is history but collective introspection?

I do agree that too much introspection can be negative and that it's hard or even impossible to understand your decisions and motives until some time has passed.

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Post by mlinhares » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC

seydor wrote: post #2

Technologists used to be smart, now they just have money.

And the people that fawn all over every single word they say think they'll eventually have the same money as well. But in the end they'll just be dumber.

Re: Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection

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Post by Reddit_MLP2 » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC

Let me fix that for you. Marc Andreessen is wrong. There is the whole broken clock analogy though...

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Post by kendalf89 » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC

It's a shame, anyone who's dumb enough to believe Marc Andreessen, isn't going to be smart enough to read this article.

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Post by leetvibecoder » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 2:57 PM UTC

> Marc Andreessen was right about web browsers.

> But he has since been wrong about a great many things.

This is true for almost all of the tech bros / influencers / CEOs. Being right once and getting rich does not make them smarter or better than anyone. Unfortunately our society doesn‘t view it that way - hence here we are, stuck with the Elons and Thiels of the world. And it‘s hurting us yet they’re on a pedestal