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Re:Marc Andreessen on big data, Bitcoin and upending the wor... by idlewords on Saturday October 18, 2014 @02:42PM (#8475972)
I haven't seen any evidence that he's particularly smart. The guy had an early success that convinced him he can see head and shoulders above others. This turned him into a write-only visionary. Like many such people, he's entertaining to read because of the strength of his convictions, but it's probably a bad idea to take him too seriously.
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Re:Marc Andreessen on big data, Bitcoin and upending the wor... by ThomPete on Saturday October 18, 2014 @03:37PM (#8476090)
I had a discussion with him around inherrent value in currency btc, fiat etc and I was actually quite surprised at how unreflected his view seemed to be.

But I would still consider him a smart guy just not a clairvoyant.

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Re:Marc Andreessen on big data, Bitcoin and upending the wor... by applecore on Saturday October 18, 2014 @03:06PM (#8476029)
That's taking a dim view of the man's prolificacy, or maybe I'm not understanding what "write-only visionary" means.
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Re:Marc Andreessen on big data, Bitcoin and upending the wor... by idlewords on Saturday October 18, 2014 @04:07PM (#8476150)
I don't follow what you mean by "prolificacy". Prolixity? Or that he's prolific?

By 'write-only visionary', I mean someone who no longer has a working feedback loop telling them they're sometimes wrong.

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Re:Marc Andreessen on big data, Bitcoin and upending the wor... by craigyk on Saturday October 18, 2014 @05:07PM (#8476306)
> By 'write-only visionary', I mean someone who no longer has a working feedback loop telling them they're sometimes wrong.

well put. kudos. i hope you don't mind as I'm sure I'll repeat this in the future.

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Re:Marc Andreessen on big data, Bitcoin and upending the wor... by applecore on Saturday October 18, 2014 @07:33PM (#8476730)
He's been prolific in starting and backing a huge number of original ideas and companies—I'd say the market is giving him all the feedback he needs that he's doing something right.
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