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by LastManStanding 4946 days ago
This should have happened long ago, and from what I have heard, Y-Combinator would be the best place to start.
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You're making serious accusations against an individual and a company based solely on things you have read about on the Internet or heard anecdotally.

Wake up. Discrimination is not cut and dry, law is not cut and dry, and reality is not cut and dry.

I am not making any accusations against anyone - it is obvious that Paul Graham has an age bias - he says so all over the place, but there is no law against having a bias. Age discrimination is almost impossible to prove, but if it is being used in the decisions of who gets into Y-Combinator someone should look into it.
where has he said he has an age bias?
He does.
Has he said so in an essay? On a HN post? To YC founders in person?
See comment above. There was another interview or blog post where he talked about his preference for young people more extensively, but I can't find it. Do you happen to know how many people over 50 have been accepted into Y-Combinator?
Best comment of the whole damn thread.