As a progressive - importing indentured servants to displace the American working and middle class is awful and revolting to watch.

Adding hoops just makes them even more indentured. The harder it is to get market value for their skills the more it pushes American wages down.

someone's read their James Burnham!

These are good points. I think a compelling argument can be made towards the admixture of the best and brightest with the daughters and sons of the rich and famous. Net net, I think that the opportunities provided to the best and brightest from exposure to, and friendship with the offspring of the spectacularly rich is why schools and network spun out of Harvard have generated such an effective flywheel effect over the generations. Granting access and pedigree to society's elite by a school isn't purely a vocational exercise - and the social element is why the Ivies and Oxbridge have thrived so spectacularly.

extremely well written.

The company that by far does this the best is Stripe. They even have an in house press (Stripe Press) to publish out of print / small runs of books the Collision bros particularly like.

I love the site for Stripe Press, with the floating books! So smooth. https://press.stripe.com/

Crashes iPadOS 16.3 for me! Mobile Safari fails badly quite regularly.

You're confusing income tax liabilities with corporate taxes

Moreover, while achieving a sub-10% body fat is achievable (see bodybuilding weigh-ins), it KILLS libido, energy, and general vitality / well-being.

Is there a way I can test for this at home?

Not to support A16 - but this reads as classic PR/SEO for the extensively quoted “CEO”. Below the quality of what I expect on HN

Perhaps, but their backing of Helium alone is makes the headline have basis. I mean if you’re reading this on a helium hotspot somewhere then I will gladly stand corrected but if not…

Helium is nothing more than an Airbnb for "cell phone tower" real-estate. It has a viable business model because commercial vendors need pervasive low-data connections in populated areas without using the expensive cell phone network (and SIM management).

The "mining" or whathaveyou is a coolhunting gimmick that accomplished the goal of getting people excited about it.

I don't understand why they didn't have a closed platform and hand people their devices. Instead, there's a "waiting list" and a shortage of equipment. Coverage where I'm at is nearly 100%.

Attach the word "mining" to it, and the dotcom money flows like mana from heaven.

Helium was AirBnB for LoRa before they turned it into a crypto (land coverage) gold rush.

If A16Z encouraged that pivot or invested after it, the parent comment stands.

I'm sincerely curious as to what long-term health outcomes you ascribe to environmental contaminants in the food and air. Could you elaborate?

There was an article here on HN recently that linked air pollution to cancer via inflammation.

By what metrics is NYC doing "great"? The amount of crime and visible urban decay/blight seems just as pronounced (in Lower Manhattan) as it does in San Francisco

>The amount of crime and visible urban decay/blight seems just as pronounced (in Lower Manhattan) as it does in San Francisco

The crime/urban blight angle is a red-herring; It implies that there was anytime in the last 30 years that New York/San Francisco was anywhere nearly comparable to a city like Tokyo.

Manhattan is already seeing a net influx in people moving back into the city.[1]

[1] https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sf-covid-recovery-nyc...

Name an intersection- I’m all over town and things seem normal downtown. Times Square has gotten worse I suppose.

By rent inflation?