In any case, I don't care. This community is filled with mediocrity, idiocy and shallow-mindedness. An abstraction for the vicious culture that poisons and destroys the world with useless innovation.
Honestly, you are either not intelligent or actively trying to distort my answers.
1) The 1st simply gives you freedom of speech. It doesn't matter if it is a gossip about someone.
2) I clearly was referring to the article exposing Thiel as gay ( his motivation for this). Because it clearly did not openly humiliated him, his overstated battle clearly shows an inflated ego.
Honestly, your answer and all the others sadly shows how rationality is just an "extra factor" when a "tech guru" is criticized. I expected more from this community.
1) First Amendment. Have you ever heard about celebrity gossips and VH1?
2) If it was offensive to Thiel, he clearly has an ego problem. Regardless, the article did not ATTACK him or MOCKED his sexuality. Any normal gay person would find other means to deal with this.
The article is making an argument (Thiel shows why tech billionaires are the new robber barons) and, regardless of the author's motives or background, I analyze his arguments.
Claiming "isn't saying he's wrong because of his motives" is just reinforcing what I'm trying to say.
This doesn't help anyone; it only makes them feel worse. You will only make people have even more superficial relationships - the last thing a depressed alienated individual needs.
Empathetic bonds do not have a "template" - it is based in the individuality of each person in a group. There is not a single statistical model at scale that is able to predict what can take you out of isolation and alienation.
> I think giving people a way to meet over and over again that's both comfortable and convenient is what is needed.
Just confirms what I argued. They crave real emotional bonds, not an easy "fast-food way" to talk to strangers. Long-term relationships are complicated, deep and time-consuming.
Can a startup change the core of human nature? Can it change thousands of years of Philosophy? Can it change our socio-economic background? Can it change history?
If you can, then... dear Lord... this is Apotheosis.
At its core, Christians are defined by fraternity, equality, goodness, etc.
Maybe some atheists also have these, but there's not a guarantee all act this way.
IMO, before founding an "atheist church", I'd at least establish "secular values" and find a community around it.
EDIT: I was called a "delusional idiot" for claiming Christians are defined by fraternity, equality, goodness.
I'm referring to the SYSTEM OF VALUES. Something must be aspired for and desired in social interactions. I'm well aware of "hypocritical Christians", it has nothing to do with them.
If you cannot understand that, I'm not a "delusional idiot"; you are just ignorant.
Your argument is dominated by pragmatism, which often obfuscates what religion is all about.
Great communities are a consequence of the chosen lifestyle and morality of religious people. You could gather just as many atheists and the response wouldn't be the same.
EDIT: I'm not saying an atheist community would be WORSE than Christianity.
I'm saying it would be DIFFERENT from the Christian one.
In any case, I don't care. This community is filled with mediocrity, idiocy and shallow-mindedness. An abstraction for the vicious culture that poisons and destroys the world with useless innovation.
Congrats! This wouldn't be possible without YC.