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You mean the issue is that the AirBnB founders were not really poor, and the category error is using them as an example for "poor"? And isn't he just providing
by bubblewrap 7y ago
You mean the issue is that the AirBnB founders were not really poor, and the category error is using them as an example for "poor"?
And isn't he just providing one example, it seems too much nitpicking to me to then go on claim he made a categorcial assumption based on an example of one?
Maybe the AirBnB founders were comparatively poor. You can always find somebody poorer, and even too poor to do a startup. Like if you have no money, no arms, can't talk, you may be so poor that doing a startup might become difficult. Yeah - OK. Poverty that makes it impossible to do a startup does exist. Doesn't mean that most people couldn't do a startup.
- zepto 7y agoOk - so you have just made the claim that most people could do a startup. That’s much better than PG, and doesn’t fall into the category error because instead of a yes/no, you are talking about a continuum and you have made a claim about one of the bounds. Your claim is that at least 50% of people are above the level of poverty required to succeed at a startup. If true this would be very informative guidance. So - can you justify your claim with any data at all?