This post makes assertions about YC’s culture which I find really fascinating. If it’s a valid assessment of YC, I rather expect it to have broad implications for the whole capitalist and educational edifice. I’ve found lots of crystallized insight in Paul Graham’s writing, so if his project is failing in the dimensions he’s explicitly pointed out as important this seems like critical evidence towards how hard the problem space really is.
What does it mean for the rationalist commmunity if selecting people for quickness of response correlates with anxiety or test-contrained thinking? Should the LW review cycles be more like a 5 years long? How much value do selection effects leave on the table, from LW being mostly in English and white male geek coded?
If I had more time I’d review the linked documents to see how congruent Benquo’s summary is.
This post makes assertions about YC’s culture which I find really fascinating. If it’s a valid assessment of YC, I rather expect it to have broad implications for the whole capitalist and educational edifice. I’ve found lots of crystallized insight in Paul Graham’s writing, so if his project is failing in the dimensions he’s explicitly pointed out as important this seems like critical evidence towards how hard the problem space really is.
What does it mean for the rationalist commmunity if selecting people for quickness of response correlates with anxiety or test-contrained thinking? Should the LW review cycles be more like a 5 years long? How much value do selection effects leave on the table, from LW being mostly in English and white male geek coded?
If I had more time I’d review the linked documents to see how congruent Benquo’s summary is.