The Israeli claim a lot of their startup culture comes from the high degree of responsibility their (very young) conscripts get in during their mandatory milita

The Israeli claim a lot of their startup culture comes from the high degree of responsibility their (very young) conscripts get in during their mandatory military service. I can imagine that someone who's been an 18-year old tank gunner in actual tank-to-tank combat has a different outlook on acceptable levels of risk than most people.