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    1. Noah Pepper‏ @noahmp 13 Sep 2017
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      Can't understand all the ink spilled over "bad" startups. If they fail: so what? If they win apparently it wasn't so dumb. Either way 🤷🏽‍♂️

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      Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc 13 Sep 2017
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      I’d go further! Weird and ostensibly silly ideas being attempted are a sign of ecosystem health. By mocking, we eat our seed corn.

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        2. Tracy Chou‏Verified account @triketora 13 Sep 2017
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          with all due respect, i feel like you are being willfully obtuse about issues of access and privilege, and misdirecting the line of argument

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        3. Noah Pepper‏ @noahmp 13 Sep 2017
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          Replying to @triketora @patrickc @paulg

          If lack of access is the concern focus should be on those great but underestimated founders excluded due to bias - not on "dumb" startups.

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        2. Noah Pepper‏ @noahmp 13 Sep 2017
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          Agreed! Academic lit on invention/innovation focuses on digging dry wells as the analogy. Loss is *required* to make forward progress.

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        3. Jon Chase‏ @TheJonChase 14 Sep 2017
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          Time to drag out the dotcom bubble and http://Pets.com . Rationality and discretion are necessary components of this cycle.

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        2. Anil Dash‏Verified account @anildash 13 Sep 2017
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          Think that rubric was more true years ago. Today, mocking often expresses frustration about startup culture undermining labor & communities.

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        3. Laurie Voss‏ @seldo 13 Sep 2017
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          Replying to @anildash @patrickc @noahmp

          I draw a sharp line between "risky" and "stupid". Good ideas can be risky; stupid startups would be stupid even if they succeeded.

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        2.  🚲 🚎 🥑‏ @crzwdjk 14 Sep 2017
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          Replying to @patrickc @weel @noahmp

          The problem is that the overabundance of VC cash makes it take much longer to fail, and causes damage in the process.

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        3.  🚲 🚎 🥑‏ @crzwdjk 14 Sep 2017
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          If Bodega successfully disrupts bodegas and then proves to be a failure we get stuck with nothing.

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        1. Ale Resnik‏Verified account @AleResnik 13 Sep 2017
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          It's good to hear a voice of sanity.

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        1. Tigran‏ @hyetigran 14 Sep 2017
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          Perfect example of satire: https://jesuscoin.network/ 

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