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It's the new spin on "I want the President to be someone I can have a beer with."

Quoting 2Pac lyrics is just comical. Even more out of touch than Ben Horowitz (of Andreessen Horowitz) starting every chapter of his ultra-corporate startup book with Jay-Z lyrics.

>>rchaud+(OP)
Ben is a long-time (life long?) rap lyric afficionado and in that respect actually quite "in-touch".

>>rchaud+(OP)
Ben Horowitz is a pretty interesting guy

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/technology/one-family-man...

>>dboreh+Z1
I think you misunderstood the meaning of "out of touch" in this context.

>>dboreh+Z1
Yeah, nothing says “digging in the crates” more than quoting the most mainstream possible artist in a genre.

Give me DOOM lyrics or GTFO.

>>dboreh+Z1
what exactly is a "rap lyric aficionado"? He's about as in-touch as an Ivy-league academic studying poverty is with living in rural Appalachia.

>>rchaud+(OP)
But Jay-Z is also ultra-corporate, so it fits?

>>qzw+Xi
Not the "street rap era" Jay-Z he was quoting in his book.

>>sjwhev+I7
I see your DOOM and raise Viktor Vaughn :)

>>dboreh+Z1
He’s not. What does rap lyric aficionado even means? Tupac is not even that lyrical or rhyme elite.

>>rchaud+(OP)
Heh. I look forward to If Books Could Kill's review. Failing that, I imagine this review properly captures the gist:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RFZJKA736UBAH/ref...

I'll reserve judgement until we see how a16z's "digital asset class" thing pans out. Some might even say blockchains are eating the world.

>>etc-ho+a3
TIL: Son of David Horowitz. Oh.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz

>>rchaud+(OP)
Maybe they don't care at all whether they are in or out of touch. That is a preoccupation of people at a certain age.