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FYI, the name of this logical fallacy is "poisoning the well". "He made X before, so Y must be Z"

• paulhauggis 14y ago
  No, it's called hypocrisy and it's pretty clear. But because he is the darling of the HN community (which seems odd, since many people here are interested in running startups), nobody cares. I find the same thing happens with Al Gore. He made carbon credit laws that made him a billionaire and his supporters don't see this as filthy, corporate, greed. Yet, complain about the banks.
  • illuminate 14y ago
    The only way to adjust business practices in a society that fetishizes deregulation is transferring money around. If the businesses can't/won't self-regulate, some action will be taken within the boundaries of what America will tolerate. A much better action would certainly be to regulate, empowering the EPA and international health/safety standards bodies and skip over the middlemen entirely.