> For example, I've never heard pg talk about this I remember him writing somewhere that he does not have another startup in him - that, at best, he can now do

> For example, I've never heard pg talk about this I remember him writing somewhere that he does not have another startup in him - that, at best, he can now do the YC. It's kind of a hint that doing a startup sucks. BTW you may want to try reading Jacob Fisker's "Early retirement extreme". He's an ex-astrophysicist who became disillusioned with the way modern society is organized and wrote what is essentially a philosophy book about how one can live differently.