Why I'm Furious with Silicon Valley (2011)

Re:Why I'm Furious with Silicon Valley (2011) by philwelch on Thursday May 09, 2013 @12:47AM (#5678889)

Aaron Greenspan has made a name for himself as someone who's accomplished nothing but still holds irrational grudges and is totally incapable of letting go to the point of repeatedly constructing epic narratives in which he's the victim, in the mistaken belief that this somehow reflects on others more than it does him. I can see why you identify with him.

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Re:Why I'm Furious with Silicon Valley (2011) by smutticus on Thursday May 09, 2013 @02:48AM (#5679129)

I don't buy into your narrative.

I greatly appreciate the fact that someone is trying to innovate in this space and I wish him success. I don't know or care if he self identifies as a victim like you describe. I just appreciate him for his actions and tenacity.

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Re:Why I'm Furious with Silicon Valley (2011) by philwelch on Thursday May 09, 2013 @12:55PM (#5681498)

Tenacity implies honest attempts to succeed. Aaron Greenspan reads as someone who sets himself up to fail in order to reinforce his own persecution complex. Tenacious people adapt and go around obstacles, they don't run straight into them and waste their time whining about it to everyone who will listen.

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Re:Why I'm Furious with Silicon Valley (2011) by enraged_camel on Thursday May 09, 2013 @01:18AM (#5678956)

>>I can see why you identify with him.

Not sure if this potshot was called for.

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Re:Why I'm Furious with Silicon Valley (2011) by Hitchhiker on Thursday May 09, 2013 @01:00AM (#5678918)

Just a side-note, making a name via accomplishing nothing is common, various sub-types such as that you hint at above are perhaps further taxonomy ?

Rebels eventually wish to be kings. Some actually get there. Then the cycle repeats.

My worry here is that individuals are paying more attention to specific actors who as powerful as they appear to be are not as formidable as systems they represent.

Its almost rare to see such wounded attitudes from an equally matched adversary.

The other direction is full scale martyr which was also displayed recently .. I'd rather not take the name to avoid pain for those close to the kid.

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Re:Why I'm Furious with Silicon Valley (2011) by lisper on Thursday May 09, 2013 @01:35AM (#5678983)

And what have you done?

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Re:Why I'm Furious with Silicon Valley (2011) by philwelch on Thursday May 09, 2013 @02:15AM (#5679068)

True, I'm no one special. That's even what it says if you click through to my profile on here. But at least I don't live my entire life as a self-perpetuating persecution complex, pausing only to write self-righteous screeds about those whom I perceive to have wronged me (or worse yet, file lawsuits).

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Re:Why I'm Furious with Silicon Valley (2011) by sillysaurus on Thursday May 09, 2013 @03:42AM (#5679266)

Why do you live life bullying those who are actually trying to accomplish something?

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Re:Why I'm Furious with Silicon Valley (2011) by philwelch on Thursday May 09, 2013 @12:51PM (#5681470)

I don't. When Aaron Greenspan makes the front page of HN for honestly trying to accomplish something rather than whining about how the world is out to get him or suing a who's who of Silicon Valley, I'll be the first to congratulate him.

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