On: 2005 Zuckerberg Didn't Want To Take On The World

[bbq]

"You really should let this go. People have already made up their minds about facebook, and who created it, and where the ideas came from.

Even if those people are wrong, it doesn't matter. They've already decided."

Is it just me or is this the completely wrong attitude to take towards history?

[blhack → bbq]

Towards history? I'm talking about this one very specific situation.

You're also taking those lines out of context. I'm saying that he is hurting his reputation because things like comments in a hn thread aren't going to change peoples' minds.

[bbq → blhack]

"Towards history? I'm talking one this one very specific situation."

Have you ever read a (U.S.) high school history textbook? They bring a similarly simplifying tone to the thousands of singular specific situations in the past and it does everyone a disservice.

"You're also taking those lines out of context."

I'm guilty of this, yes. I suppose what it comes down to is that I do not share your line of reasoning; Aaron's reputation is not hurt in my eyes.

[blhack → bbq]

This isn't a high school history text book, this is a conversation some hackers are having early on a sunday morning.

[bbq → blhack]

All I can say is you're missing the forest for the trees

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2883641

[greengarstudios → blhack]

Honestly, his comment changed my mind. I hadn't read that "timeline" pdf before. So to me, his comment was very interesting.