I think HN was a lot healthier when YC was new and young and their ethos was they a give a few bucks to two or three young guys who shoot for ramen profitable.

I think HN was a lot healthier when YC was new and young and their ethos was they a give a few bucks to two or three young guys who shoot for ramen profitable. And that succeeded and now they have all kinds of dough and are trying to find and fund The Next Unicorn. Kind of like how HGTV started as a low budget thing aimed at DIYers and turned into Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless after it got successful enough. I don't know how or even if "startup culture" can be returned to its roots, but I think that's the problem right there. Now YC imagines it shall save the world or some crap and is running a Basic Income experiment and has, imo, lost its way. I don't hate startups, but I hate what has become of the culture recently. It wasn't always like this.