If a new drug to cure something is discovered, we have a new drug no matter how many other startups fail and people who might have died are cured by it. This i

If a new drug to cure something is discovered, we have a new drug no matter how many other startups fail and people who might have died are cured by it. This is completely independent of what other people are doing, or whether other people have, say, failed music startups / failed websites that fail at whatever rate. I'd say that startups can create wealth though, as 'value' is either tied to currency or not objective at all, and funny business with numbers isn't the most important thing in life.