I find the idea that startups need to have social value or that there exists such a thing as "fundamentally important work" to be one of entitlement and self im

I find the idea that startups need to have social value or that there exists such a thing as "fundamentally important work" to be one of entitlement and self importance. As if it's owed to the critic that Sam/Silicon Valley be trying to help them in some way. As for hypocritical, it's seems pretty clear to me that demanding someone undertake incredibly risky, intense, life consuming work for the purpose of bettering society, while they themselves do not, would qualify. I'm not sure how it wouldn't. Your analogy doesn't work because that's just evaluating people based on their own personal goals, not saying they should have loftier ones. If Robbie Savage was saying that professional soccer players should be donating their high salaries to charity, or building houses instead of playing a silly game, that would be hypocrisy.