[HN Gopher] Writing is power transfer technology
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       Writing is power transfer technology
        
       Author : jger15
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2025-08-12 16:42 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (danco.substack.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (danco.substack.com)
        
       | ambicapter wrote:
       | > The goal is to give them writing that transforms them into
       | someone with more legitimacy
       | 
       | So, a propaganda arm for the VC founder's pet political
       | philosophies. Nice!
        
         | neilv wrote:
         | In a way, I found that part refreshingly honest. And I had
         | roughly the same read of it as you did.
         | 
         | The article talks more about what they mean by legitimacy.
        
       | ttoinou wrote:
       | Why use so much italics ? Makes him look like a teenager craving
       | for attention.
       | 
       | We can read just fine, we don't need to be told which words are
       | most important
        
         | random3 wrote:
         | smile
         | 
         | maybe take a look at the guidelines
         | 
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
         | 
         | > Don't be curmudgeonly. Thoughtful criticism is fine, but
         | please don't be rigidly or generically negative.
         | 
         | > Please don't complain about tangential annoyances--e.g.
         | article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button
         | breakage. They're too common to be interesting.
        
         | gjvc wrote:
         | try using IRIX
        
       | neilv wrote:
       | Relevant prior discussion:
       | 
       | * [HN, A16Z Blogs Are Just Glorified Marketing (frankzliu.com),
       | 2024-04-01](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39901289)
        
       | flipgimble wrote:
       | As someone who works in tech outside of the SV bubble this sounds
       | like epicenter of marketing VC "enshittification" as being
       | somehow "innovation".
        
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