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Comment by simianparrot

3 hours ago

Keep this in mind if you _ever_ feel tempted to take A16Z seriously. Absolute charlatans and clowns.

Software is eating the world.

AI is eating the VCs.

  • We know that being a billionaire surrounded by yes-men all day causes brain damage, and we know that being on social media living in a delusion bubble all day causes brain damage, so really they were already cooked even before signing what was left of their brains over to the LLMs.

...and a conehead.

  • It's such an interesting arc. I starting university in Sept '94, super excited to try out Mosaic on a T1 class connection after suffering through my 14.4k home modem. And shortly after I arrived, Netscape dropped.

    He was an absolute hero of that era, possibly the most admired 'geek' back then. Young, with hair, with no hints of his future Dr. Evil emergence.