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The ability of a field to accept a contribution from an outsider seems to be very indicative of its ability to make progress.

Trains are my favorite place to work.

A related and very common question we run into from founders outside of SV is if they have to pay back the money if they fail.

Lesson: Don't assume people know how YC works. Startups are still not well-understood by almost all of the world.

Question of the day: "Does your program offer scholarships for low-income founders?"

With genome editing and AI, we will be the first species ever to design our own descendants. Crazy thought.

That comment aside, I was incredibly impressed by MIT. They always manage to get/train incredible engineering students.

Me: "Really? Why?" Students: "Because it's the hardest job to get and everybody else wants it. Oh and you can make a lot of money fast."

Me: "Where do MIT CS students most want to go after college? Facebook? Google? Their own startup?" Students: "Jane Street"

.@justinkan cool story bro

An unsung killer feature of the YC investment is the ridiculous amount of vendor credit

Tragedy and comedy are just two different Snapchat lenses pointed at the same millennial

We're going to try having HN crowd-select some startups for YC Fellowship: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11440627 …

friend: "you do what you want when you're profitable"

A number of conversations this morning warranted a retweet of this: http://blog.samaltman.com/unit-economics 

"What is your best productivity tip?" "Never, ever get in fights on the Internet."