Sam Altman complains political correctness (gay) “Free Speech is dead in SF”

Re:Sam Altman complains political correctness (gay) “Free Sp... by mtgx on Friday December 15, 2017 @05:52PM (#15935923)

> “I realized I felt more comfortable discussing controversial ideas in Beijing than in San Francisco.”

I don't follow Sam's life, but has he lived there for at least a few months to be able to say that? Or he just went to a conference or two there?

Even so, it may be easier for an American or other foreigner to "speak their minds" in China, especially if they are known to have a lot of money. But if he was a Chinese, I think there's a much higher chance something like this would happen instead:

https://archive.is/20171208003957/https://www.wsj.com/articl...

The only thing you may have to fear for in SF may be your reputation, but not that you will go to prison for saying the "wrong thing". Not yet, at least.

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Re:Sam Altman complains political correctness (gay) “Free Sp... by gamechangr on Friday December 15, 2017 @06:05PM (#15936020)

I think he is just using an extreme example (China) to point to the fact that SF should be much - much -much easier to for "discussing controversial ideas".

I think your link connects the dots of using China as an extreme example.

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