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ChristianKl comments on Open thread, June 27 - July 3, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 30 June 2016 08:51:49AM 1 point [-]

This comment got 6+ responses, but none that actually attempted to answer the question.

Likely because the answers called for a ITT but provided no questions for the ITT.

Startups typically do not create new technology; instead they create new technology-dependent business models.

There is a group of people (called VCs) whose livelihood depends on having a supply of bright young people who want to jump into the startup world. These people act as professional activists in favor of startup culture. This would be fine, except there is no countervailing force of professional critics. This creates a bias in our collective evaluation of the culture.

Both of those seem to me like failing the Intellectual Turing Test. I would have a hard time thinking that the average person who works at a big company would make those arguments.