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But I want to hear about things out there that they love. About loving the thing they’re building. There’s less of that. Just because lots more folks know abou

But I want to hear about things out there that they love. About loving the thing they’re building. There’s less of that. Just because lots more folks know about valuations and are connected does not mean that they are not building stuff. This holier than thou post by Caterina actually just sounds like nostalgic rambling. Let’s get excited and make things. This line, from the perspective she delivers it, is almost criminal. Most of us are nerds and have no problem building stuff. We do have a problem making money off it so kudos if we are building a little less and figuring out more about how to make money by charging or flipping(Caterina should know about this?)

wpietri 15y ago
> Just because lots more folks know about valuations and are connected does not mean that they are not building stuff. It's not necessarily so, but there's some correlation. Startups are fashionable now in a way they haven't been since Bubble 1.0. At meetups I definitely have talked with people who seem more interested in worldly success than raw creation. The upside of this current wave is that startup costs are so low that it's also sucking in a lot of makers who otherwise would have ended up employees.