> If you only look back as far as the mid 20th century, it seems like people getting rich by starting their own companies is a recent phenomenon. But if you loo

> If you only look back as far as the mid 20th century, it seems like people getting rich by starting their own companies is a recent phenomenon. But if you look back further, you realize it's actually the default. So what we should expect in the future is more of the same. First, he pointed to one other point in time. Maybe this is true (although I doubt it), but the argument would benefit from many more data points if you're going to establish that 'startups are the default'. Secondly, of course future here isn't disambiguated so it's hard to argue with. But past performance is only a guess for future prediction. Given the rise of populism globally, I think we're in for some big big changes at the societal level.