I think the author is giving people too much credit for optimism, and too little credit for the kind of thinking that has kept gambling such a profitable ventur

I think the author is giving people too much credit for optimism, and too little credit for the kind of thinking that has kept gambling such a profitable venture... ...for casinos. I suspect anecdotally, with no hard evidence whatsoever to back it, that the people who get into startups a lot, are the types of people who are very aware that other people have made insane fortunes that way, and they want that.