On: Pursuing status will never bring true happiness

[anonymouskimmer]

That's a club within the venture capital status system, right?

[pclmulqdq → anonymouskimmer]

Which really existed for how long? YC was one of the groups that created that system.

[gumby → pclmulqdq]

Uhh, 35+ years before YC, which is less than 20 years old.

And the VC system arguably evolved from the system that funded whaling voyages, though I really think it dates back to the joint stock limited liability corporation.

[davnicwil → anonymouskimmer]

now, yes. Not when it started.

[anonymouskimmer → davnicwil]

I don't know about the beginnings of YC.