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Oct 23Liked by Virginia Heffernan

While her love of even numbers tells me she's disturbed, I do appreciate what she's done (indirectly) for women in tech.

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Serious question. Did she really botch yahoo or is that a myth? It’s always the first comment for her

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I’ll write it here: Mayer sounds obtuse and insufferable in equal measure.

Two choice quotes from this masterful (on VH’s part) interview, which reveals yet another Titan of Silicon Valley succumbing to their own hype: “AI really does enlighten,” and “that naivete was better than knowledge… Inexperience can create innovation.”

Sure, yeah, but without the wisdom of experience, the innovation is more likely to be wielded recklessly— exemplified by the nifty YOLO sign seen with Mayer in her Wired portrait. You go, software girl!

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