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I think it might be for graduates like Alexandr Wang who went to good schools and have more or less lead comfortable lives. If someone's had a less privileged u

I think it might be for graduates like Alexandr Wang who went to good schools and have more or less lead comfortable lives. If someone's had a less privileged upbringing and a career in software enables them to improve their lot, maybe a big corp would help them more than the lottery ticket of a startup. I worry the romantic narrative PG presents clouds the risk involved in investing a portion of your life into a startup. I think it's useful to criticize both the Pope and PG for situations like you mention. They have sizeable resources and influence and are deserving of a gadfly in the public sphere.

pas 6y ago
Agreed, I think constructive criticism is warranted. (The issues mentioned with inequality are very-very much deserve the effort and attention. And one way to do something about it is to have more market participants, and one way for that is to start new companies. So startups. Even if there are problems with the whole VC-funded never-monetized undercutting of real businesses which have positive "unit economy". At the same time it seems impossible in many markets to go up against the incumbents without such deep pockets - though maybe VC money just leads to useless uncaring greedy copycats. But that's is a different discussion.) All in all, I simply don't think these verbal lashing-outs are at all helpful. They suck out the air from the very same topics that it hints at (ie. inequality).