Be careful Austin... you’re getting very close to the meritocracy 3rd rail. 
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Can be = is possible, not is a guaranteed result of
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Be careful expecting people to understand nuance on twitter, where rage garners far more social currency.
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I make that mistake every day!
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How do you define influence?
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It’s subtle, but watching something someone says actually move the needle in what people think/do
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Would love to hear examples of when this influence is decoupled from capital. I can think of a number of examples of when unknown voices have soared due to originality, but almost all are linked to capital.
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I think they generally eventually become linked to capital, happy to talk about some off-list. Interestingly most that come to mind are women. Not sure what that means.
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It meeeee
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Plot twist: Mason's actually in LA not SV Austen your theory is wrong and you should feel bad
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LA is where SV influencers live now
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There is no glory in being saved by a technicality.
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in your view, is this a good thing?
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Of course!
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How much richer is the tech discourse thanks to someone like Ben Thompson, whose only valley experience was an MBA internship at Apple. Would also argue that Graham, Dixon, and many other VCs are more influential because of their writing than their startups.
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In all things which compounds: the money; the network ; the knowledge (esp. historical). All good things are in life are free and abundant . In Information age ; information is widely available; rarely available is willingness to separate noise from the information.
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I watched a moron become president just by tweeting things and seeing what got the most likes
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Let's hear it for metacognition!
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Don’t forget podcasts, tons of rich content every day absolutely free!
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