Hoffmanwent on CNN yesterdayand, again, tried to justify his remarks.
According to him, there are actually a number of different Reid Hoffmans.
One of those Hoffmans is a Microsoft board member.
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A different Hoffman acts as an expert of vague but apparently potent qualifications.
Another Hoffman is a political donor.
Yet how can this be the case when his financial contributions seem predicated on a future favor?
Hoffman explained it like this:
I separate my roles as donor and [as] an expert.
Psychologists, take note.
Youre all the same guy, he said.
Hoffman didnt really have much to say to that.
Silicon Valley has played an unusually prominent role in this years presidential election.
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