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What a load of bullocks. Humans are a social species. They are supposed to work in groups, and any group needs leaders and followers - one is not more importa
by ungood 19y ago
What a load of bullocks. Humans are a social species. They are supposed to work in groups, and any group needs leaders and followers - one is not more important than the other. Comparing the life of a "company man" to that of a lion in a cage is a straw man argument.
Some people, myself include, are more than happy to put in our 40 hours at our jobs (I happen to enjoy mine), and than get to go home and define ourselves in ways not related to our careers.
Your insistence that being a startup founder somehow makes you more human is arrogant and offensive.
- pg 19y agoI never said anything like that.
- nickbauman 18y agoBut you did make the analogy of lions to innovators. I confess I prefer the notion of hunter-gatherers and "traveling light" as opposed to Greek Phalanxes requiring entire cities to eat at night. So I give you that analogy. But the biggest obstacle to me in becoming a startup founder is health care. The difference between a W-2 job with benefits and self-insurance medical is huge. Like I-could-lease-a-Laborghini-with-the-difference huge. That's not all. Medical self-insurance goes up a lot: The costs went up double-digits-percent every year when I was a contractor. And I have no medical problems! PG, you should write about this as a barrier to startups.