I've already flagged. If a few more people flag it it will drop off the front page.
If we're going to celebrate the wins (and we should), we have to soberly examine both the losses and the externalities. If these accusations are true, it is our industry that gave him the wealth to cause this kind of harm.
This is hardly an indictment if silicon valley.
But it can certainly help you buy silence from your victims.
Until you default on your payments, that is.
It's not an indictment of Silicon Valley, sure. And I'd like to keep it that way, which is why I think it's worth paying attention to these things.
I agree the VC system and the start-up ecosystem in general should be more decentralized and sustainable but that is beside the point. Sensationalized articles like this that only work because of people's morbid curiosity are hardly the way to galvanize such change.
This is both false and absurd. If the allegations are correct, this woman spent more than a dozen years as a sex slave. None of those crimes were "handled" by the judicial system. This is just a civil settlement. And she is only one person. The complaint also alleges that he was involved with many other women. We know nothing about their status, but abusers rarely confine their crimes to one victim.
> Sideline gawking is not adding anything.
If gawking is all that happens, sure. So maybe you could pipe down and let some actual discussion happen?