Both can be true. What if Jensen is a guy who did bad things and Nvidia triggers a recession because it loses its central status on AI?
replyIf a single person was keeping the market from a recession, then that itself is the issue, not the removal of that person.
replyWe need better markets and recessions are the cost of cleaning markets up, unfortunately.
replyI never said there wouldn't be consequences to the economy. I said it's crazy to put up with such bad behavior to spare the economy.
replyThe economy is everything. Ask Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
replyThe comments in these threads are somewhat sickening. That so many commenters here see no problem with his behavior is troubling.
replyHero worshippers.
replyTotally agree. And that's late-stage capitalism for you. For a site named "hacker news" the hacker spirit is noticeably absent here. Instead you have simps for billionaires.
replyThe thing to remember every time you see the orange, so you don't forget, is that you are posting on the promotional website of a multibillion-dollar private equity firm.
replyThis is of course true that YC provides this platform but, tapping in to my religious upbringing, it's a bit like confusing a church for the building it's in. Ycombinator owns the building that the community meets in, but the community is bigger than the landlord. The landlord can set some rules and influence what happens in the building, but if they impose too much on the community it will find a different building to meet in.
reply> This slavish devotion to shareholder value above all else is pretty gross.
replyAnti-capitalists appealing to bourgeoisie values in their zeal to destroy a capitalist icon is pretty freakin' rich.