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Re:Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective by blub on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @02:38PM (#23920171)
No, but then again in those situations of extreme poverty one probably has bigger problems than not being able to get a start-up off the ground.

And of their parents threw them out or don't otherwise like them that's just bad luck. Some people will not have an easy life, I don't see why we have to make those with loving families feel bad about it.

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Re:Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective by jakelazaroff on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @03:05PM (#23920430)
No one's trying to make anyone feel bad about their loving family. We just don't want it to be a selection criterion for entrepreneurship.
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Re:Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective by blub on Friday July 24, 2020 @02:16AM (#23936359)
That's exactly what's happening: diminishing others' achievements because they can move back with their parent.

It's not their fault that there's so much misery in the world, nor do they have an obligation to fix it.

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