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an essay on contrasting old days vs pre-pandemic?

Honestly, I’m quite disappointed by SV these days. Too many SV leaders spreading absurd ideas and too full of themselves to believe the experts are contributing to the US lack of understanding of the severity of #covid19.

well, @jesslivingston is right. Seems too much of SV has become arrogant, sitting high and mighty, more about who's who. Instead, every org, startup, investor and yes, accelerator, needs to be collaborative and give people a shot. Nobody should care about who gets credit.

Paul no

You can feel that mood around the world. From "academic work" to prototype to raising for http://corovent.cz  in ten days! Now we're gonna build thousands of them!

“...What we learn in the midst of plagues is that there are more things to admire in men than to despise”

There are way more people working on something now and they are trying to move faster than in normal days, obviously, hype doesn't emerge that fast. It also feels more chaotic and some people love it.