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This kind of mentality reminds me of solipsism. It's just not interesting to talk about, insightful, or productive, outside of being a contrarian edge-case you
by dvt 6y ago
This kind of mentality reminds me of solipsism. It's just not interesting to talk about, insightful, or productive, outside of being a contrarian edge-case you could write a paper about.
Cool, you're a cynic. Yes, as we all know, most startups fail and the US healthcare system sucks. Anything else to add?
- baby 6y agoI'm not sure why you're having such a virulent reaction to my comment? That's probably the most important point about this whole thread, at least this is what I got from the post. If you want to feel good and feel empowered to build your own start up from OP's post, then I don't know what to think of your risk appetite.
- dvt 6y ago> If you want to feel good and feel empowered to build your own start up from OP's post, then I don't know what to think of your risk appetite. You're attacking a strawman here. My point was merely that cynicism (which your post conveyed in spades), much like solipsism, is an unproductive dead-end. Feel free to make your case, but I'm fairly confident I'm correct.
- baby 6y agoNot sure how you can describe my post as cynic[^1] to be honest. I think it's the reverse: people who find joy and feel butterfly in their stomach when 1 guy survive but the 9 others die on the streets are nothing but blind. [^1]: "an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest; skepticism."
- vmception 6y agoI find it very productive to talk about. I’m glad it was the first comment for me. 2013: Their reddit, digg, forum posts went nowhere, their hackernews post hit 2021: Their reddit, twitter, forum posts went nowhere, and neither did their hackernews