Amicus (YC S12) Cofounder's Thoughts on New Republic Article

Interesting to see that the (scathing) TNR article didn't make it to the front page, while the founder's blog post received 645+ upvotes.

Link to previous discussion of this topic (pre New Republic): <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8080442" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8080442</a>

link to original article HN: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8283583" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8283583</a>

So much for meritocracy and merit, it&#x27;s simply a new nobility being built from the ground up.