Some of you have read an essay by a major VC partner who worries that disapproval of homophobia is a great threat to creativity and innovation. If you fear that his firm has taken a sudden, dark turn, relax. This firm has always held these views. http://paulgraham.com//say.html
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That “essay,” from 2004, argues that morality works like fashion. It also equivocates being killed for saying the Earth is round in the middle ages, with the consequences of arguing socially regressive views today.
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Replying to @raganwald
@sama just managed to say it in few enough clear words that it became very obvious what he was saying.@paulg has always believed it, but he writes in Moldbug's long-winded "serious thoughts" style that makes it hard to nail the place where he crisply made the point.1 reply 3 retweets 12 likes -
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Then, as now, it was: “What scares me is that there are moral fashions too. They’re just as arbitrary…”
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Replying to @raganwald
Totally agree. Just saying that
@sama managed to write that it's important that people be able to say "gays are evil" to enable projects like Bitcoin and SpaceX. It's just more evidently ridiculous. His good writing makes the noxious point more obvious. ;)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
He also described it as much more of a direct moral imperative. In large part because in the intervening years Silicon Valley "masters of the universe" have been under increasing attack.
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