Its unfortunate there are so many 'sucking up to' responses to the original post.
If PG is smart enough he wouldn't give a Damn to those response. If he is not, he is not worth 'sucking up to'
There is nothing wrong in questioning this change.
To me this is a clear indication of YC has passed its peak. If you are funding people who are going to fight over 80K after their dream company fails, there is something seriously wrong in kind of people that are being funded by the program.
If PG is smart enough he wouldn't give a Damn to those response. If he is not, he is not worth 'sucking up to'
There is nothing wrong in questioning this change.
To me this is a clear indication of YC has passed its peak. If you are funding people who are going to fight over 80K after their dream company fails, there is something seriously wrong in kind of people that are being funded by the program.