[thaumaturgy]

If you look closely enough at anyone, you will find something to dislike about them. Funny thing about people. Funnier thing: if you look closely enough at anyone you dislike, you can find something to like about them.

People are probably mostly the product of their environment and I doubt anyone here knows Ron Conway well enough to discuss his position on torture. Let his actions speak for him; you can be opposed to torture under pretty much any circumstances, as I am, and still regard someone with a different point of view as basically good.

I really wish your comment didn't get so much of the attention in this thread, it's a bit of a distraction from what should've been the main point of the article.

[Semiapies]

Yes, it does rather take away from endlessly extolling the virtues of the man.

[thaumaturgy]

Cool, so we're People magazine now, only with a SV focus.

"Silicon People".

Wow, that really works in more than one way.

HN's been a pretty shameless gossip site for a while, nice to see folks finally dropping all pretense about it.

[Semiapies]

Bluntly, People magazine does more in-depth coverage of its subjects than pg's post does of this guy. They would have felt compelled to give a number of examples of things he's done that a reader might actually see as good, as opposed to just asserting it a few times.

Beyond that, the post is just some hand-waving about a claimed trend with little support. That's why the torture thing blew up - it was an actual, specific ethical matter involving the guy instead of a generic business hagiography (he's good, but you wouldn't want him mad at you, blah blah blah).