T. Boone Pickens Farewell Letter
The comments on this thread are terrible.<p>I don&#x27;t know enough about him to pass moral judgement, but it seems like many others think that they do (after a quick scan of Wikipedia, meh, that&#x27;s good enough).<p>It just seems crass to be flippantly judgmental when the guy just died, and in response to his last elegant &#x2F; humble &#x2F; insightful &quot;post&quot; to the world.<p>I&#x27;m also confused at the implicit viewpoints that, IMO, are at odds with the HN&#x2F;YC ethos of &quot;individual hussle&#x2F;initiative&#x2F;hack your way to huge growth&#x2F;etc&quot;. I.e. if Pickens wasn&#x27;t from another generation and another industry, I think he&#x27;d fit in very well with the HN&#x2F;YC types (disclaimer&#x2F;ha, I&#x27;m making an assumption that I just chastised others for doing).<p>Anyway, makes me wonder if the &quot;real HN&quot; crowd has moved on elsewhere.