YC never claimed to have a perfect selection process. I wouldn’t hold them accountable for the teams they pick based on a business plan and a 10 min discussion. Its just a good guess.
If they doubled down on the team after demo day, then I am with you.
Compare this with hiring. I have heard successful people say they do get 1 in 5 hires wrong, even after a process which is 10x more thorough.
I think those daily numbers are very helpful, because they show the relative change in infections.
And thats a helpful (if not the only one) indicator on whether there will be enough ICU beds one month from now. If not, we should consider lockdowning.
50% is anti-big-tech and 20% is our fear of being made redundant.