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As much brilliant as Vinod Khosla is, i always think about him as the billionare who blocked public beaches


Yup. Judging by his recent actions Vinod Khosla believes that you build the future by getting enmeshed in costly litigation with government agencies over access to public property.


He chose his own biography title:

“Khosla, Gatekeeper”



The society that lets you get away with it is also culpable.


Even if that were true (it ain't), society isn't "letting him get away with it." It's processing the issue through the legal system, which unfortunately takes time.


I would not say unfortunately, i would say that it has become that way to reflect power interests. I am a surfer so i feel for the affected...


No offense intended, but that's kind of blaming the victim on a whole other level.


I think blaming the victim is cruel in the case where the victim is powerless to defend themselves. But in the case where the victim simply failed to defend and fight for themselves I think it's important to criticize them.


In what way have the victims failed to fight for themselves? The beach access issue is kind of a thing all up and down the California coast.


My comment was specifically about the "don't blame the victim" thought-terminating-cliche. I'm not up to speed on the specifics of California coast access.


Worse than just letting him get away with it, we're still promoting his ideals by giving him a platform.

Shame on Vinod, and shame on YC/Sam.


Pretty sure that's what Jack the Ripper said to himself.




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