I think he means that if you force every company into the same financial mold, you're not going to get anything interesting in the public markets. Anyone outsid

I think he means that if you force every company into the same financial mold, you're not going to get anything interesting in the public markets. Anyone outside the box will not play in the public arena because the rules will be so restrictive as to be unworkable. Most people think of accounting as being like math. It's more like writing.