Sam Altman
0/ Official YC post coming in the next couple of days, but to make my personal beliefs clear:
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2) I think he's absuvie, erratic, and prone to fits or rage. I think he is unfit to be President and would be a threat to national security.
3) Thiel is a high profile supporter of Trump. I disagree with this. YC is not going to fire someone for supporting a major party nominee.
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3.5) That's a dangerous path to start down.
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4) We need to talk to each other more, not less. Most people think roughly half the country is severely misguided.
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5) Cutting off opposing viewpoints leads to extremism and will not get us the country we want.
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6) Diversity of opinion is painful but critical to the health of a democratic society. We can't start purging people for political support.
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7) Also, PG and I have contibutred more this election cycle than Peter has (as far as we know).
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8) I don't ascribe all beliefs politicians hold to their supporters, although sometimes that really gets tested.
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9) Sometimes the hardest and most important thing is to sit down with a friend and try to teach instead of yelling.
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10) All that said, I understand why emotions are as high as they are about this, and I understand though disagree with people who cut ties.
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@sama You chose to make Thiel a highly visible YC partner. He chose to be a highly visible part of team Trump. Choices have consequences. -
@sama This isn't like firing an employee for political beliefs. You tied YC's public brand to Thiel. Keeping him on board is an endorsement. -
@sama Much in the same way that your publicly fighting Trump, which I appreciate, also reflects on YC. You and Thiel are YC public figures. -
@dtunkelang Would you say the same about Facebook?@sama -
@chirag_mehta@sama I do think it reflects negatively on Facebook that they choose to keep Thiel on their board.
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@sama Trump is not just "a candidate". He's a reckless, dangerous demagogue. Those who give money to a demagogue become complicit. -
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@sama "everything will be
" unless you're:
Black
Latino
Female
Not Christian
LGBTQ
Immigrant
H1B Visa hopeful
Military
Middle class
Poor -
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@LoveRunandPray@jhamby@sama Disabled too.
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@sama As a word of caution to SV, it would be illegal in California to "fire" an actual employee for politics (PT isn't one of YC tho) -
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@sama it's not his political support of trump that's a problem. It's Thiel's social pathology that makes him unfit to be a coworker. -
@sama racism, sexism, misogyny, hate, fear mongering, fascism. Overtly or covertly Thiel has signed up for all of it. This isn't trivial /2 -
@sama political difference, this is fundamental societal variation that's far off the norm. It can't be dismissed, pretending it's normal. - Show more
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Daniel Tunkelang
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