Random but in the early days of YC they said they used to have a “no assholes” rule, which mean they’d try to not accept founders who seemed like assholes, even if they thought they might succeed, due to the negative externalities on the community.
Seems like a great rule. Do you know why they don’t have this rule anymore? (One plausible reason: The larger your community gets the harder such a rule is to implement, which would means this wouldn’t (anymore) be a feasible for the EA community.)
Random but in the early days of YC they said they used to have a “no assholes” rule, which mean they’d try to not accept founders who seemed like assholes, even if they thought they might succeed, due to the negative externalities on the community.
Seems like a great rule. Do you know why they don’t have this rule anymore? (One plausible reason: The larger your community gets the harder such a rule is to implement, which would means this wouldn’t (anymore) be a feasible for the EA community.)