@paulg So you're saying that SV gets *everything* right, all the time? A big leap of faith I think. You know - you may be wrong sometimes.
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@carribeiro No, just that SV cos are effective compared to other organizations. -
@paulg While I agree in the general sense - SV sets the example for we to follow - it's a fallacy to assume that any critic must be wrong. -
@carribeiro They might not be wrong that x is bad in some other way, but the burden of proof is on them to show it makes orgs ineffective. -
@paulg I kind of think that this goes against the learning attitude that should prevail independent of where you are. ;-)
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@xecretcode Saudi Arabia's revenues come from resource extraction. It's more accurate to say they have money than that they make it. - 1 more reply
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@paulg The (barely) hidden premise to this logic is that SV itself works optimally on all axes. To that, the only response is sad laughter. -
@levanderhart No, not that SV's cos are optimal, just that they're effective compared to other organizations. - 1 more reply
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@paulg Not necessarily… could be that SV is successful in spite of X, not because of it? (Also could reflect a moral/practical dichotomy.) -
@jasoncrawford Yes, could be and no doubt sometimes is. But now Occam's Razor is a headwind. -
@paulg@jasoncrawford Unless one tries to connect the dots in some way, there is no implicit claim from "SV does X" to "X works well."
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@paulg this is completely insane logic. -
@sbmiller5 Do you find you also disagree with this instance of it?https://twitter.com/paulg/status/656280768373727232 … -
@paulg@sbmiller5 yes. The idea that great men should be excused criminality is an extension of the great man narrative fallacy generally. -
@paulg@sbmiller5 start ups are liberal because they need to succeed, and conservatives fail to take chances / honor new ideas.
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@paulg Effective != Desireable. Many things in history have been brutally effective and entirely undesirable. -
@danprisk I agree. But in practice nearly all who attack SV for x also claim x is less effective. -
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@Luke1732Mullen@paulg@danprisk There is nothing obvious about people discovering something new. Everyone thinks the same =>no one does Z. -
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@Luke1732Mullen@paulg@danprisk except, there are structural reasons that the apple cart is the way it is. stable equilibrium, need$$$ etc -
@Luke1732Mullen@paulg@danprisk + .. to move it off its current path. not frictionless. - 2 more replies
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