"...when his livelihood depends on not understanding" apparently applies to startup founders as much as to everybody else, if not more. Very few people would ha

"...when his livelihood depends on not understanding" apparently applies to startup founders as much as to everybody else, if not more. Very few people would have the willpower to actively pull the plug when it would be much easier to keep the charade running for another year or two by making the existing pile of lies just a little bit higher.