[_xlxy]

right. human being gets laid off.

Has this ever happened before. It does seem like SV folks have an elevated sense of purpose. Which is maybe fair to a point because of SVs inclusion in our online lives. But really, it seems like people in high paid jobs getting laid off isn't so much news for anyone, in general.

Maybe if there's some juice about how to order the world's information, but then they'd get sued for saying no doubt.

[dsr_]

Not everything on the Internet is aimed at you. Sometimes it's aimed at friends and family who the author doesn't see every week.

[_xlxy]

Did I imply that it was, no, so why imply it.

That's what social networks and email is for, not broadcasting it to the wider world, see, you're on Hacker News, me you, them and everyone in general.

[geodel]

True.

I think it is news in same sense that they got hired for jobs that paid hundreds of thousand dollars. Maybe a those truck drivers making 50K/ year really want to know about SV's best and the brightest. After all once truck divers, warehouse workers, paralegals etc finish their PhD in machine learning they will be working right along with valley folks.