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Re:Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective by treis on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @03:02PM (#23920408)
>Maybe the point of economic filtering is to only accept single young men, who can devote every waking moment to their startup without any concern for dependents and such.

Maybe I am missing something here, but why can't women do that too?

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Re:Y Combinator has lost its soul: A YC founder's perspective by yters on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @10:37PM (#23923644)
They can, but mostly men like to waste their youth on such moonshots.
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