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And, to be clear: I agree with Max. There is unnecessary seductiveness of the lifestyle. And a lot of distortions in behavior due to chasing far too few opportu

• pvg 16y ago
  I think 'lifestyle' is the critical bit, rather than the hand-rubbing evilishness of angel or other investors - it's hard to imagine this has changed much, to the extent that it exists. The popular glamorization of 'startup as lifestyle' and, worse, 'startup as self-help/self-actualization' seems like a newer and sillier thing. You can open HN on some days and it reads like some sort of Cosmo for nerds.
• flatulent1 16y ago
  Good for you. (opps, message got threaded away from parent, reply to user who avoided VC) It seems best to avoid those that bring money but no skills/services to the table. While some could prove to be good allies, many others are more apt to be parasites than productive. If this country weren't so full of people trying to (or succeeding) in getting rich without actually producing anything useful, we wouldn't be in such a sorry state. Capitalism and competition can be a wonderful environment for innovation, but it can have a dark side when greed games the picture. I stumbled on an interesting piece a while back that I thought adds perspective http://articles.sfgate.com/2009-02-09/news/17189250_1_islamic-finance-economic-crisis-washington-mutual http://articles.sfgate.com/2009-02-09/news/17189250_1_islami...