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A comment on Sam Altman: “YC not going to fire someone over support of a candidate”.

Re:Sam Altman: “YC not going to fire someone over support of... by brhsiao on Sunday October 16, 2016 @05:04PM (#12720945)
I think people take symbolism too seriously. I won't argue that it never matters what message an organization sends, but people should stop apophenically inferring messages where there are none. This would include, for example, adopting the charitable explanation that Thiel was hired as a source of valuable advice to YC startups, not because YC supports Trump.

I'd like a serious answer to this, actually: why does this matter?

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Re:Sam Altman: “YC not going to fire someone over support of... by jacquesm on Sunday October 16, 2016 @08:37PM (#12721961)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia
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Re:Sam Altman: “YC not going to fire someone over support of... by brhsiao on Sunday October 16, 2016 @09:20PM (#12722093)
Hm, I paused for a second before using that word. Did I use it wrong?
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Re:Sam Altman: “YC not going to fire someone over support of... by jacquesm on Monday October 17, 2016 @12:46AM (#12722745)
No, not at all, it's just that it's a word I'd never seen before and so I figured better to add a link for those who also haven't seen it used before.

Google comes up with 400 results for it, and this is the first time it's used on HN.

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