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dustingetz on March 30, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Is Y Combinator worth the money? Brutally honest r...

* markets measure sentiment

* capital flows through trust networks

* the important thing is not how things are but how they seem to be (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiio%27s_laws)

* Curse of Development: the depth of any transaction is limited by the depth of the shallower party (https://www.dustingetz.com/#/page/the%20curse%20of%20develop...)

* You Can't Tell People Anything (https://www.dustingetz.com/#/page/you%20can't%20tell%20peopl...)

* Much Madness is Divinest Sense (https://www.dustingetz.com/#/page/much%20madness%20is%20divi...)

* Sufficiently Powerful Optimization Of Any Known Target Destroys All Value (https://www.dustingetz.com/#/page/sufficiently%20powerful%20...)

mvkel on March 31, 2023 | [–]

These all sound like marketing tactic problems, not fundamental "build something valuable" problems.

MichaelZuo on March 31, 2023 | [–]

How does this invalidate the possibility of a valuable product leading to success?

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